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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Religious OCD

Key facts

Who runs it
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Where
Birmingham, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
10 people, planned
Started
30 Jul 2025
Expected to end
1 Mar 2027
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Record updated
28 September 2026

Who can take part

Age
18 years and older
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • 18 years old
  • Meet cutoff scores for scrupulosity

Who cannot take part

  • Presence of psychotic symptoms within six months of screening
  • Current suicidal/homicidal plan/intent and/or a suicide/homicide attempt within 6 months of screening
  • Non-suicidal self-injury within 6 months of screening
  • Narcotics use within 3 months of screening
  • Purging/restricting behavior within 3 months of screening

Where in United States

  • University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, United StatesContact: David Johnson, MATaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The purpose of the study is to examine the effects and feasibility of a specific form of psychotherapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), on religiously oriented obsessive and compulsive disorder (OCD).

The group in the trial

  • Acceptance and Commitment TherapyTreatment being tested

    Participants will receive twelve consecutive weeks of acceptance and commitment therapy

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Religiously Oriented Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Record updated
28 September 2026