Effectiveness of Religious-Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Religious Oriented Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and its Co-morbidity

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic disorder with significant influence on social, emotional, and occupational performances. Although epidemiologic investigations is proved on this disorder in different cultures but obsessive compulsive disorder with religious contents is more prevalent among religious populations such as Middle East Jews and Muslims. Many clinical researches showed therapeutic spiritual interventions could obviously decrease symptoms of patients with depression, anxiety, and obsessive disorder. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of religious cognitive-behavioral therapy on obsessive compulsive disorder with religious content and its co-morbidities.