The COVID-19 pandemic has led to challenges in providing cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite the presence of the pandemic and the risk of contracting illness, therapists can continue to utilize exposure with response prevention (ERP), which is the gold standard psychotherapy treatment for OCD. Therapists can ethically implement ERP by focusing on core treatment tenets while incorporating guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to mitigate risk for COVID-19 exposure. The pandemic has also provided an opportunity to more widely implement ERP through virtual telehealth appointments, which have notable benefits as well as some drawbacks.

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COVID-19对强迫症治疗的影响

COVID-19 大流行给强迫症 (OCD) 患者提供认知行为治疗带来了挑战。尽管存在大流行和感染疾病的风险，但治疗师可以继续利用暴露与反应预防 (ERP)，这是强迫症的黄金标准心理治疗。治疗师可以通过关注核心治疗原则，同时结合疾病控制和预防中心推荐的指南来降低 COVID-19 暴露风险，从而合乎道德地实施 ERP。大流行还为通过虚拟远程医疗预约更广泛地实施 ERP 提供了机会，这既有显着的好处，也有一些缺点。