Habit as a therapeutic component in psychological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomised controlled feasibility study
This small feasibility study limited by methodological confounds suggests habit-augmented CBT could be efficacious and well-tolerated in OCD. The improvements resulting from habit-training alone were unexpected and suggest novel treatment-approaches activating motor systems for OCD merit further investigation.
Authors
- Deela Monji-Patel
- Arun Enara
- Seema Shokeen Megha Panjwani
- Sabina Mazoruk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8986-6262)
- Luca Pellegrini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2855-2865)
- Maham Riaz
- Rebecca Aloneftis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8182-6004)
- Banca Paula
- Davis N. Mpavaenda
- Olga Bardsley
- Naomi A. Fineberg
- Shanti Boodhun
- Claire Crispin
- Eduardo Cinosi
- Ana Maria Frota Lisboa Pereira de Souza
- Janine Hopkins
- Stefanie Skalecki
- David Wellsted
- Evmorfia Karafylli
- Monika Lee
- Trevor W. Robbins
- Stacey Oliver-Singleton
- Aleya A. Marzuki
- Hannah Mendoza-Wolfson
Institutions
- Ikerbasque (ES)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2026.152666
- Primary Topic
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00