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Maintenance Procedures in the Behavioral Treatment of Agoraphobia: A Program and some Data*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Lars Jansson ,
Anita Jerremalm  and
Lars-Göran Öst
Lars Jansson
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Research Center, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Anita Jerremalm
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Research Center, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Lars-Göran Öst
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Research Center, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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The sparse empirical research on maintenance of treatment effects in behavior therapy is reviewed and a practical maintenance program for phobic clients is presented. Preliminary results with the program for 32 agoraphobic patients showed that the treatment effects had been maintained 6 months after conclusion of treatment.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 109 - 116
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1984

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