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The Treatment of Agoraphobia in General Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Marie Johnston
Marie Johnston
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Wallingford Community Hospital, Wallingford, Oxford
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The present paper aims to describe the work of a behaviourally oriented psychologist in the treatment of agoraphobia, the most common single problem referred in two years' work in primary care. Apart from its high frequency, agoraphobia has a particular relevance to the general practice settings as it is a problem which relates very specifically to the patient's home environment. A recent study by Mathews et al., (in press) found that a home-based treatment of agoraphobia produced at least as much improvement as clinic based treatments and required less therapist time. One might expect that a psychologist operating from the local health centre might achieve many of the advantages of such a program with a possible decrease in therapist time as travelling is reduced.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , October 1977 , pp. 103 - 109
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1977

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