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Treatment of Phobic Anxiety and Psychogenic Impotence by Systematic Desensitization Employing Methohexitone-Induced Relaxation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. E. Friedman  and
M. S. Lipsedge
D. E. Friedman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1
M. S. Lipsedge
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1
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The technique of systematic desensitization employing methohexitone-induced relaxation was first described in 1966 (Friedman, 1966) and a review of results of treatment by this technique at six-month follow-up was encouraging since 15 of 18 patients continued to show marked improvement (Friedman and Silverstone, 1967). The present study reviews 124 patients treated by the same method.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 542 , January 1971 , pp. 87 - 90
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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