OCD

Question 1

Aim of Pots

Answer 1

CBT more/less effective than SSRI, or combining CBT and SSRI
- treating adolescences/children

Question 2

Procedure of Pots

Answer 2

Duke, Pennsylvania, brown university
- 12 weeks
- 112 volunteer outpatients aged between 7-17 (OCD
- DSM IV)
- screened using telephone on severity (CY-BOCS
only used if you score above 16)
- 1 parent gave informed consent
- conditions: drugs, placebo, CBT + combined (28 in each)
- each had psychiatrist
- drugs 1 session/week for 6 weeks + CBT 14

sessions/12 weeks
- CBT -> psych ed, cog training, target symptoms and exposure + response
- assessments on anxiety and baseline symptoms: beginning, 4,8 + 12 weeks
-parents filled in medication diary

IV- what therapy they got

Question 3

Result of Pots

Answer 3

-97 completed
-all conditions improved
-placebo saw no significant improvement
-CBT-39.3%, drugs- 21.4%
entered remission
CYBOCS - 24.6

Question 4

Conclusion of Pots

Answer 4

combined treatment is the most effective
CBT>drugs