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Treatment of Phobic States with Antidepressants

A Retrospective Study of 246 Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Desmond Kelly ,
Wagih Guirguis ,
Eva Frommer ,
Nita Mitchell-Heggs  and
William Sargant
Desmond Kelly
Affiliation:
St. George's Hospital Medical School, Atkinson Morely's Hospital, 31, Copse Hill, London, S. W.20
Wagih Guirguis
Affiliation:
Behman Hospital, Helwan, Cairo
Eva Frommer
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatric Clinic
Nita Mitchell-Heggs
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Thomas's Hospital, London, S.E.1
William Sargant
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Thomas's Hospital, London, S.E.1
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The treatment of phobic states is one of the most challenging psychiatric problems that face doctors today. Many treatments have been advocated, including intensive psychotherapy (Friedman, 1959), behaviour therapy (Wolpe, 1958; Cooper, Gelder and Marks, 1965) and desensitization under drugs (Yorkston et al., 1968). None of these treatments has proved to be completely effective, and many patients still remain ill and incapacitated for many years. In the series to be reported here, some patients had been ill for as long as 40 years, despite many types of treatment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 533 , April 1970 , pp. 387 - 398
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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