Comparing the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy and emotion-focused therapy in improving the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in people with obsessive-compulsive syndrome

Obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD) imposes significant costs on the family and community. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy and emotion-focused therapy in improving the symptoms of OCD in people with this syndrome.

This study utilized a semi-experimental design with pre-and post-tests and a two-month follow-up period. Health centers, psychiatrists, and social media pages provided referrals and information on the sampling method. The participants were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5), Yale-Brown, and a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist's diagnosis. The participants were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5(SCID-5), Yale-Brown, and a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist's diagnosis. They were randomly assigned to groups. The treatment protocol was implemented in both groups. Each group began with 16 individuals. To diagnose OCD, we used the Yale-Brown(Y-BOCS). Statistical analysis was performed using the Mixed variance analysis in SPSS.

the mean difference between the emotion-focused therapy group and the control group(-6. 206) was greater than the mean difference between the metacognitive therapy group and the control group(-4. 992). In other words, there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of the two treatments in improving the symptoms of the people with OCD syndrome.

Despite the effectiveness of both treatments in improving OCD symptoms, The mean difference between the two treatments and the control group demonstrated that emotion-focused therapy is more effective than metacognitive therapy at reducing the OCD syndrome.