Using a hospital for desensitization of an outpatient's illness-related fears

An outpatient with phobias related to enclosed places, hospitals, doctors, and cancer was treated by systematic desensitization; the facilities of a general hospital were used for part of the process. Steps in treatment included securing a complete psychiatric and social history, teaching the patient relaxation therapy techniques, and establishing a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking stimuli specifically related to the patient's fears. After desensitization the patient was able to enter the hospital for tests for a physical ailment and showed a general decrease in her fears.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1975

Erschienen:

1975

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Hospital & community psychiatry - 26(1975), 10 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 675-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Powers, P S [VerfasserIn]
Powers, H P [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.03.1976

Date Revised 16.08.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM000003905