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A Phobia of Buying a New Car Treated by Behaviour Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. A. Morphew
J. A. Morphew*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
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Behaviour therapy is based on the principles of learning theory, and assumes that neurotic behaviour consists of learned maladaptive habits. Following the work of Pavlov (1927) with experimental neuroses, and that of Watson (1920) on the elimination of children's fears, Wolpe (1958) devised a method suitable for treating patients with phobias. This involves deconditioning with the aid of reciprocal inhibition. The patient is introduced to a graduated series of the relevant anxiety provoking stimuli, and at the same time the anxiety responses are inhibited by means of relaxation. The latter state may be induced by hypnosis, Jacobson's method (1938), or by drugs.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 515 , October 1968 , pp. 1303 - 1304
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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