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Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are notoriously difficult to treat. The need for a simple, easily reproducible technique, that could inactivate the repetitive intrusive imagery of the traumatic event, prompted the trial of a technique originally devised for phobias.Nineteen members of the West Midlands Police Force, who qualified as PTSD sufferers, were offered the ‘re‐wind’ technique. On average only three therapeutic sessions were required per patient. During a two‐year follow‐up, all victims remained free of intrusive images and resumed their occupations.It is hoped that such a consistently rapid and effective technique will open the way for more victims to be treated and for controlled trials to be

ISSN:0144-6657    

DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8260.1991.tb00924.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviewed in this article:Residential Needs for Severely Disabled Psychiatric Patients: The Case for Hospital Hostels.Edited byKate Wooff.Compulsive Gambling: Theory, Research and Practice.Edited byH. J. Shaffer, S. A. Stein, B. Gambino&T. Cummings.Galski, T. (1987).The Handbook on Pathological Gambling. Springfield, IL: Thomas. Spanier, D. (1987).Applications in Health Psychology.Edited byM. Johnston and T. Marteau.AIDS, Drugs and Prostitutes.Edited byMartin Plant.

ISSN:0144-6657    

DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8260.1991.tb00925.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY