The Study of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

"The intervention will be carried out according to the handbook of the Dr. Didonna. There is a Session Agenda from Dr. Didonna for the use of the Instructor and session handouts for the participants. Some records of mindfulness practices will be given to participants for facilitating practice between sessions. Before each session, the instructor needs to review the session agenda and prepare copies of handouts for participants.~MBCT instructors were experienced psychotherapists and psychiatrists with several years' expertise in OCD treatment. They had been trained by one of the founders of MBCT, Mark Williams and the founder of MBCT for OCD, Fabrizio Didonna. Supervision will be provided by Dr.Didonna."

As a widely used placebo control condition, the Psycho-Education Program can play an active role through the psychological suggestion and forward thinking mostly. It is designed to be similar with MBCT in level of structure, setting and other non-specific effects of psychological intervention. All instructors will be qualified graduate students who major in clinical psychology with training in cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy.

The participants can be adjustable once a week dose and the maximum dose does not exceed the maximum amount of instructions. And benzodiazepine drugs also can be used by the OCD patients with sleep disorders, but not be used continuously for more than two weeks. Besides this, other psychotropic drugs are not allowed to use. The use of drugs in this study are commonly used drugs with good safety, and its common adverse reactions include dry mouth, constipation, nausea, indigestion, dizziness, fatigue, sweating and so on.