title: Fighting fire with fire.
abstract: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a relatively recent diagnostic category, but it has long been recognised that trauma can produce persistent psychological sequelae. Paul Wheble describes how he successfully used cognitive behavioural therapy to help Alec, a fire-fighter, come to terms with an horrific accident 16 years previously.
authors.affiliation: Maudsley Behavioural Psychotherapy Unit, London.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wheble
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*