Elsevier

Behavior Therapy

Volume 20, Issue 4, Autumn 1989, Pages 491-497
Behavior Therapy

Telephone-guided treatment for housebound agoraphobics with panic disorder: Exposure vs. relaxation

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Thirty seven agoraphobics with panic disorder diagnosed in a telephone interview said they could not attend hospital for treatment. Of these, 23 agreed to self-treatment guided by phone and were randomized to exposure (n=13) or to relaxation (n=10), using self-instruction materials at home. Phobias and social adjustment improved significantly more in the 6 self-exposure cases who reached follow-up 32 weeks after trial entry than in the 8 comparable self-relaxation cases, who were more compliant yet did not improve significantly. Agoraphobics who say they cannot attend a clinic may be unusually severe and unmotivated cases, but telephone-guided exposure can help some of them.

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Mr. McNamee and Drs. O'Sullivan and Lelliot were supported by a grant from the UpjohnCompany.

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