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Masked Bereavement Presenting as Agoraphobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Barbara Sahakian  and
Georgina Charlesworth
Barbara Sahakian
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge and East Anglian Regional Health Authority
Georgina Charlesworth
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge and East Anglian Regional Health Authority
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Abstract

This single case history highlights the importance of a complete psychological assessment to establish a client's past history rather than simply implementing a behavioural approach for the presenting symptoms. A single session of bereavement work was effective in treating agoraphobia in an elderly lady with a history of affective disorder throughout her adult life.

Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 177 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1994

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