A Short Review on Practice of Mindfulness as Treatment in Obsessive– Compulsive Disorder

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article reviews the present research regarding the practice of mindfulness as a treatment for obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) which has been an area of growing interest for more than a decade. Mindfulness has been practiced in the treatment of OCD as mindfulness-based stress reduction, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in other different forms. This article aims to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness as an independent intervention and integrative treatments incorporating mindfulness. There is satisfactory evidence to support mindfulness in the treatment of OCD, specifically for those who have not benefited from traditional innervations. It can be used with other forms of psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure and response prevention (ERP), which might help in the prevention of relapse and espousing the individual to the stimulus during ERP. However, there is no sufficient evidence for it to be believed a stand-alone treatment. The current literature recommends that mindfulness may be best considered as adjunctive treatment within an existing treatment framework, but further research is required to further examine its effect and clarify its contribution toward change. Further, this review suggested a wide-ranged extensive review of the effectiveness of mindfulness in OCD by ruling out the existent limitations.