Previous studies have highlighted the potential therapeutic benefits of receptive individual music therapy as an adjunct to standard care, in a variety of psychiatric ailments including mood and anxiety disorders. However, the role of music in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder have not been investigated to date. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the efficacy of music therapy as an adjunct to standard treatment, on obsessions in patients with treatment-naïve OCD. Moreover, given the fact that a significant proportion of patients with OCD have other comorbid mood or anxiety disorders, the question of whether therapeutic benefits of music could be expanded to also affect concurrent depressive and anxiety symptoms was explored.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
A medication of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) family, Behavioral. The type and dosage of the medication was decided by the treating psychiatrist.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder carried out by a psychologist.
12 sessions of 30-minute individual-based receptive music therapy, supervised by the treating psychiatrist.
Shariati Hospital
Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Obsession (Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory)
Post-intervention scores on Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory
Time frame: 1 month
Obsession subtype (Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory sub-types)
Post-intervention scores on Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory sub-types
Time frame: 1 month
Anxiety symptoms (Beck Anxiety Inventory)
Post-intervention scores on Beck Anxiety Inventory
Time frame: 1 month
Depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory - Short Form)
Post-intervention scores on Beck Depression Inventory - Short Form
Time frame: 1 month
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