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Agoraphobia: An Outreach Treatment Programme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2012

Alison Croft  and
Ann Hackmann
Alison Croft*
Affiliation:
Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, Oxford, UK
Ann Hackmann
Affiliation:
Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, Oxford, UK
*
Reprint requests to Alison Croft, Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Background: Agoraphobia is disabling and clients find it hard to access effective treatment. Aims: This paper describes the development of an inexpensive service, delivered by trained volunteers in or near the client's own home. Method: We describe the development of the service, including selection, training and supervision. Outcomes were evaluated over 5 years, and compared with those available from the local psychology service. Results: Effect sizes on all measures were high. Benchmarking indicated that results on comparable measures were not significantly different from the local psychology service. As in many previous studies drop-out rate was fairly high. Conclusions: This model worked well, and was inexpensive and effective. Further research on long term outcome and methods of enhancing engagement is needed.

Keywords

Agoraphobiaengagementdisseminationservice-evaluation
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 359 - 364
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2012

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