Fresh symptom emergence after intensive behaviour therapy.
The outcome of a standard four-day intensive symptomatic treatment programme with 39 agoraphobics is examined in relation to the incidence of fresh symptom emergence. Twenty-six patients suffered fresh symptom emergence during follow-up, and there was a significant association of fresh symptom emergence with poorer outcome at one-year follow-up. About 18 percent of patients were adversely affected by the treatment programme, as judged on a wide range of symptoms and measures of inter- and intra-personal adjustment. Sixteen individually treated patients are then compared with the 39 group-treated patients and differences in drop-out rate are discussed.
D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012659:Semantic Differential; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013997:Time Factors
D003975:Diazepam