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Brief intervention, lasting impact: One-year outcomes of the Bergen 4-day treatment for OCD in Germany [PDF]

PLoS One
Background Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a prevalent and highly disabling mental disorder. Worldwide, it is associated with substantial individual suffering and long-term societal costs.
Jelinek L, Yassari A, Pampuch S, Miegel F, Schultz J, Hansen B, Hagen K, Gallinat J, Scheunemann J.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Concentrated ERP for Patients With Difficult-to-Treat OCD: Insight as a Predictor of Acute and Long-Term Outcomes. [PDF]

Depress Anxiety
Background Cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) is a recommended treatment for obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD), although many patients who undergo this regimen do not achieve satisfactory symptom relief, and maintaining long‐term remission is challenging. Concentrated exposure therapy (cET) has emerged as a
Tjelle K, Hansen B, Solem S, Wheaton MG, Kvale G, Hagen K.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Treatment expectancy and credibility as predictors of concentrated exposure treatment outcomes in patients with difficult-to-treat obsessive-compulsive disorder [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry
Background Treatment readiness factors, such as treatment credibility and expectancy, are postulated to be predictors of outcomes within the context of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Håvard Berg, Kristian Tjelle, Bjarne Hansen, Stian Solem, Thröstur Björgvinsson, Gerd Kvale, Kristen Hagen   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

An outcome study of an intensive, out-patient exposure and response prevention therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the first-line psychological treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Recent research shows that the Bergen 4-day Treatment (B4DT), which is a concentrated ERP program, can be very effective.
C. Mogan, Julie Mogan, E. Foroughi, Kerryn Addison, J. Bryan, Kim Felmingham, Keong Yap   +6 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

The Bergen 4-day treatment for specific phobia of vomiting: a case series

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Background: Specific phobia of vomiting (SPOV), also called emetophobia, is a debilitating condition that shares features with several other anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Approximately half of sufferers from SPOV do not fully
Sóley Dröfn Davidsdottir, K. H. Hjartarson, S. J. Ludvigsdottir, Ásmundur Gunnarsson, Sigurdur Vidar, G. Kvale, B. Hansen, Kristen Hagen, Lars-Göran Öst   +8 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

The Bergen 4-day treatment for OCD: four years follow-up of concentrated ERP in a clinical mental health setting

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2018
There are few long-term follow-up studies on psychological treatment of anxiety disorders carried out in clinical mental health settings, so called effectiveness studies.
B. Hansen, G. Kvale, Kristen Hagen, Audun Havnen, Lars-Göran Öst   +4 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Association Between Polygenic Risk and Symptom Severity Change After Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive‐Compulsive Disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, Volume 198, Issue 5, July 2025.
ABSTRACT A large proportion of patients undergoing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) do not respond sufficiently to treatment. Identifying predictors for change in symptom severity after treatment could inform clinical decision‐making, allow for better‐tailored interventions, and avoid treatment failure.
Julia Bäckman, John Wallert, Matthew Halvorsen, Bjorn Roelstraete, Elles de Schipper, Nora I. Strom, Thorstein Olsen Eide, Kira D. Höffler, Manuel Mattheisen, Bjarne Hansen, Gerd Kvale, Kristen Hagen, Jan Haavik, Nordic OCD and Related Disorders Consortium (NORDiC), Julia Bäckman, Long Long Chen, James J. Crowley, Elles de Schipper, Diana Pascal, Jan Haavik, Kristen Hagen, Matthew W. Halvorsen, Bjarne Hansen, Kira D. Höffler, Fredrik Johansson, Anna K. Kähler, Elinor K. Karlsson, Gerd Kvale, Paul Lichtenstein, Kerstin Lindblad‐Toh, Manuel Mattheisen, David Mataix‐Cols, Kathleen Morrill, Christian Rück, Thorstein Olsen Eide, Nora I. Strom, John Wallert, David Mataix‐Cols, Christian Rück, James J. Crowley   +39 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of concentrated exposure and response prevention on symptoms of insomnia [PDF]

Background: Insomnia symptoms are prevalent among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study involved secondary analyses from a previous randomized controlled trial testing if d-Cycloserine (DCS) augmented the effects of the Bergen 4 ...
Landrø, Nils Eivind Holth, Hansen, Bjarne Kristian Aaslie, Kvale, Gerd, Pryser, Sigurd Holmen, Hagen, Kristen, Solem, Stian   +5 more
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The Bergen 4-day treatment for OCD in Iceland: 12-month follow-up

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
The Bergen 4-day treatment (B4DT) for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a concentrated form of exposure and response prevention that has been implemented at the Icelandic Anxiety Centre. The aim of the present study was to assess 12-month results of
Sóley Dröfn Davidsdottir, S. J. Ludvigsdottir, G. Kvale, B. Hansen, Kristen Hagen, K. H. Hjartarson, Gudmundur Skarphedinsson, Emanúel Geir Gudmundsson, H. Gudmundsdottir, Lars-Göran Öst   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Emotional Brain in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [PDF]

, 2019
Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by distressing obsessions and time-consuming compulsions. The disorder affects 1-3% and can be highly impairing to daily functioning and detrimental to the quality of life.
Thorsen, Anders Lillevik
core   +1 more source