Condition focus · OCD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

~2–3% of US adults lifetime (NIMH)

OCD neurofeedback typically pairs with ERP (exposure response prevention). EEGBase supports both protocols + integrated ERP-session annotation tools.

Protocols

Beta down-train central

Channel: Cz

Frequency: 20–28 Hz inhibit

Sessions: 30–40

SMR up-train

Channel: Cz

Frequency: 12–15 Hz reward

Sessions: 30–40

ERP-paired biofeedback

Channel: HRV + EEG

Frequency: Coherence reward during exposures

Sessions: 12–24

Effect sizes reported in the published literature (illustrative)

Y-BOCS

−9 pts (lit.)

Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale · figure from published case series

BAI

−8 pts

Beck Anxiety Inventory · literature

Evidence base

Hammond (2003) — QEEG / neurofeedback for OCD review
Ferreira et al. (2019) — fNIRS-NF for OCD case series
AAPB 2023 — biofeedback efficacy ratings · OCD level 3

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EEGBase is a software platform, not a medical device, and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Effect sizes shown are illustrative figures drawn from the published academic literature, not from an EEGBase outcomes registry. EEGBase has not yet completed any clinical study of its own. Always confirm protocols with a credentialed clinician.