[Behavioral and cognitive therapy for social phobia in a smoker].
BACKGROUND
Social phobias are associated with nicotine addiction, and treatment for them can enable the patient to stop smoking.


METHODS
A patient seeking treatment to stop smoking was found to have a social phobia, which was treated with behavioral and cognitive therapy. At the end of this treatment, the patient spontaneously and without aids stopped smoking.


CONCLUSIONS
Social phobias may be a factor in the onset of smoking and in the difficulties and relapses associated with cessation. They must be treated.
Guichenez
Philippe
P
Centre de tabacologie, Centre hospitalier de Béziers (34). philippe.guichenez@ch-beziers.fr
Lagrue
Gilbert
G
Clauzel
Isabelle
I
Germaini
Gilbert
G
Dupont
Patrick
P
Clauzel
Anne-Marie
AM
D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention