Behavioural psychotherapy of uncommon referrals.
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.
D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000628:therapy; D005715:Gambling; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009120:Muscle Cramp / Q000628:therapy; D013342:Stuttering / Q000628:therapy; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000628:therapy