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A New Technique for the Treatment of Guilt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Dennis Friedman  and
Ashley Grossman
Dennis Friedman
Affiliation:
Dept of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1
Ashley Grossman
Affiliation:
Medical Unit, University College Hospital, London WC1
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Summary

A behavioural technique is described suitable for the treatment of patients with high levels of guilt who attempt to relieve their depression by risk-taking activities which reflect their individual wishes and fears, or who suffer anxiety due to unacceptable past behaviour. It is recommended as an alternative brief method of treatment to psychoanalysis and is based on the application of behaviour therapy to a patient's psychopathology. Three case histories are described to illustrate the principles of the technique.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 6 , June 1977 , pp. 586 - 591
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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