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“NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP”: COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL TREATMENT OF AN UNUSUAL OBSESSIONAL RITUAL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2003

Kathy Kavanagh  and
Peter Hayward
Kathy Kavanagh
Affiliation:
Croydon Psychological Therapy Services, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK
Peter Hayward
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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Abstract

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The assessment and treatment of an unsuaul pre-sleep ritual are described. The patient had unusual ideas about the probability and consequences of self-harming behaviour in sleep, and averted such behaviour through a ritual with possibly dangerous consequences. The origin and maintaining factors of the ritual are described; a cognitive-behavioural approach was used to treat the ritual, with successful results.

Keywords

OCDritualsphobia and exposure treatment
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 203 - 206
Copyright
2003 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
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