Treatment of an obsessive compulsive disorder by desensitisation

The present study reports on a successful treatment of a single case of obsessive compulsive neurosis using a behavioural technique, namely, systematic desensitisation. Much recent literature has suggested that behavioural techniques may be more helpful with this particularly difficult condition than traditional methods of treatment, such as medication. The present results suggest that the technique of systematic desensitisation may be successfully used in a non-western setting.