Preliminary Test of Cognitive Drill as an Intervention

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) and cognitive behaviour therapy are the first line and established treatment for persons with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). While working with an adult with chronic OCD; we came up with a procedure which we labelled as “Cognitive Drill” that yielded rapid and durable results which were later extended to a series of cases for exploring its efficacy and maintenance of outcomes. The sample consisted of five adult patients, selected according to ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for OCD. Yale- Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) was used for baseline and post-treatment assessment. The intervention lasted for ten sessions. At the end of ten sessions four patients showed significant reduction in YBOCS measures, which were statistically significant indicating initial success of the procedure.