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Cognitive Therapy in a Case of Choking Phobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Lars-Göran Öst
Lars-Göran Öst
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University of Uppsala, Sweden
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A 68-year old female with a phobia of choking on fluids was treated first with exposure in vivo and then with cognitive therapy. The exposure increased her water drinking to some extent, but the cognitive change was negligible. However, the cognitive therapy led to a dramatic change in the catastrophical misinterpretations and a fourfold increase in her water consumption. The effects of treatment were maintained at a 1-year follow-up.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 79 - 84
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1992

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