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Behavioural Psychotherapy of Uncommon Referrals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David Greenberg  and
Isaac Marks
David Greenberg
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
Isaac Marks
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London
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Summary

In a behavioural clinic, over a period of nine years, trainee nurse-therapists treated 65 unusual referrals (8 per cent) out of a total of 800 patients. The remainder had phobic, obsessive-compulsive, sexual and social disorders, which responded encouragingly to behavioural treatment. Of the unusual referrals, useful results were obtained by behavioural treatment for stuttering, hairpulling, tics, and writer's cramp; bulimia is worth further study. Unresponsive conditions included compulsive gambling and obesity.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 2 , August 1982 , pp. 148 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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