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A Monosymptomatic Phobia Treated by a Single Session of Behaviour Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

K. S. Perinpanayagam
K. S. Perinpanayagam*
Affiliation:
Fairfield Hospital, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts.; Northgate Clinic, Goldsmith Avenue, Hendon, London N. W.9
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This is a case in which it seems reasonable to assume that a patient developed a maladaptive conditioned response, which was symbolic of an underlying conflict. She was treated successfully by a single session of behaviour therapy. Not only did the symptom disappear, but there seems to be an improvement in the underlying unconscious conflict.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 550 , September 1971 , pp. 309 - 310
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

References

Freidman, D. E. (1966). ‘A new technique for the systematic desensitization of phobic symptoms.’ Behaviour Research and Therapy, 4, 139–40.Google Scholar
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