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The Husbands of Agoraphobic Women and Their Influence on Treatment Outcome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Julian Hafner
R. Julian Hafner*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT
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Abstract

Thirty-three married women, all agoraphobic but most with additional phobias, were exposed to a standard four-day intensive behavioural treatment programme as out-patients. The effects of this on the patients and their spouses throughout a one-year follow-up are reported and discussed.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 131 , Issue 3 , September 1977 , pp. 289 - 294
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1977 

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