TY - JOUR
AU - HUDSON,, BARBARA
AB - Abstract SUMMARY The article describes a study of the families of agoraphobics. On the basis of interviews with patients undergoing treatment by extensive exposure the P.S.W. assigned them to 3 groups: ‘well-adjusted families’, ‘anxious-patients families’ and ‘sick families’. 6 of the 7 patients in the ‘well-adjusted’ group showed significant improvement, maintained over a follow-up period of 1 year. At 3 month's follow-up none of the other patients had shown improvement, at 1 year's follow-up one ‘anxious’ patient entered the significantly improved category with additional help, and 3 showed a trend towards improvement; of the ‘sick families’ patients one eventually showed a trend towards improvement. Possible associations between family adjustment and the patient's chances of recovery are then discussed This content is only available as a PDF. © Oxford University Press
TI - The Families of Agoraphobics Treated by Behaviour Therapy
JF - The British Journal of Social Work
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a056467
DA - 1974-01-01
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SP - 51
EP - 59
VL - 4
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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