title: Short-term dynamic psychotherapy of phobic and mildly obsessive-compulsive patients.
abstract: This paper reviews the psychodynamics of phobic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms of mild severity and describes the techniques of short-term anxiety-provoking psychotherapy which are used to treat phobic and mildly obsessive-compulsive patients. Academic phobias, a common difficulty encountered in college students, are also discussed.
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*