Combination treatment of behaviour therapy and medication significantly reduces obsessive-compulsive symptoms in people who have responded to pharmacotherapyBehavior therapy augments response of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder responding to drug treatment.

Tenneij NH, van Megen HJGM, Denys DAJP, et al. Behavior therapy augments response of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder responding to drug treatment. J Clin Psychiatry 2005; 66: 1169–75.TenneijNHvan MegenHJGMDenysDAJPet alBehavior therapy augments response of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder responding to drug treatment.J Clin Psychiatry2005661169-75Q Does the addition of behaviour therapy to continuing medication benefit people with obsessive-compulsive disorder who have responded to drug treatment?

For correspondence: Nienke H Tenneij, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Developmental Psychology, Van der Boechorststraat, 11081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands; [email protected]

Sources of funding: GlaxoSmithKline and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, the Netherlands.