Music Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Music Therapy as an Adjunct to Standard Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Co-morbid Anxiety and Depression in Iran

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Previous studies have highlighted the potential therapeutic benefits of receptive individual music therapy as an adjunct to standard care, in a variety of psychiatric ailments including mood and anxiety disorders. However, the role of music in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder have not been investigated to date. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the efficacy of music therapy as an adjunct to standard treatment, on obsessions in patients with treatment-naïve OCD. Moreover, given the fact that a significant proportion of patients with OCD have other comorbid mood or anxiety disorders, the question of whether therapeutic benefits of music could be expanded to also affect concurrent depressive and anxiety symptoms was explored.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Compulsive Behavior
• Depression
• Disease
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• NCT number: NCT02314195
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2014
• Completion date: August 2014