Guided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Japanese Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Kazuki Matsumoto   ¹ , PhD ;   Sayo Hamatani   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Takuya Makino   ^{3, 4} ;   Taku Uemura   ³ ;   Futoshi Suzuki   ^{3, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Seina Shinno   ^{5, 6} ;   Tomoki Ikai   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Hiroyuki Hayashi   ^{6, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Chihiro Sutoh   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Eiji Shimizu   ^{1, 9} , MD, PhD

¹ Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

² Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan

³ Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

⁴ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine, University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan

⁵ Department of Integrated Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

⁶ Department of Integrated Advanced Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

⁷ Department of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

⁸ Department of Emaergency and General Medicine, University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan

⁹ Department of Cognitive Behavioral Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan