Mechanisms of Exposure Therapy for OCD

Exclusion Criteria

• •Acute symptoms of psychosis
• •Active suicidality (plan, means, intent and/or suicide attempt in past 3 months)
• •Presence of co-occurring symptoms that warrant higher level of care (e.g., inpatient treatment)
• •Presence of any medical, psychiatric, or developmental condition that would prevent patients from completing assessments or exposure exercises (e.g., non-verbal autism spectrum disorder)