Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Table of Contents - 2009 - Volume 37, Issue 01  

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (2009), 37:87-93 Cambridge University Press
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2008
doi:10.1017/S1352465808004943

Research Article

Treating Clinically Significant Avoidance of Public Transport Following the London Bombings?

Rachel V. Handleya1 c1, Paul M. Salkovskisa1 and Anke Ehlersa1

a1 King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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Abstract

Background: The present paper describes the cognitive-behavioural approach evolved and adapted to treat survivors of the London bombings experiencing fear and avoidance of public transport (travel phobia). Method: Treatment outcomes for a consecutive case series (N = 11) are reported. Results: All individuals who completed treatment (N = 10) had returned to their pre-bombing use of transport and reported minimal symptoms. Conclusions: The need for appropriately tailored treatment based on differential diagnosis and formulation and the importance of incorporating skills for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder are discussed.

Keywords:Specific phobia; posttraumatic stress disorder; travel; treatment; travel phobia

Correspondence:

c1 Reprint requests to Rachel Handley, Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, 99 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ, UK. E-mail: r.handley@iop.kcl.ac.uk.

Footnotes

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