| dc.description.abstract | Sam was a patient admitted to the psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital due to the
worsening of his OCD symptoms. He had been to many psychiatrists and psychotherapists for
close to six years. His OCD symptoms were not reducing adequately in response to the treatments
he was receiving. At the hospital he was offered standard CBT, in accordance with the current
treatment recommendations. Yet as Sam found it difficult to engage in CBT, the therapist decided
to integrate a few mindfulness techniques into the standard treatment protocol of CBT. This
helped Sam reduce his anxiety levels successfully and engage in CBT exercises. This eventually
helped the symptoms to be managed to the extent that he could be discharged from the ward. The
current paper expects to discuss how the mindfulness techniques were integrated to standard
CBT. As this paper is based on a case description, the authors recommend that systematic
research be carried out to arrive at conclusive evidence on the utility of integrating mindfulness
techniques in CBT for patients with OCD. | en_US |
