This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Emmelkamp, P. M. G. Articles by Mersch, P.-P. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Emmelkamp, P. M. G. Articles by Mersch, P.-P. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

The Treatment of Agoraphobia

A Comparison of Self-Instructional Training, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Exposure in Vivo

Els Brilman

Hermieke Kuiper

Peter-Paul Mersch

University of Groningen

Exposure in vivo, rational emotive therapy, and self-instructional training were compared with 43 agoraphobics as subjects. After six treatment sessions exposure in vivo was clearly superior to the cognitive treatment on measures of phobic anxiety and avoidance. Additional exposure in vivo sessions for all conditions led to continuing improvement. Results at the posttest suggest that the cognitive strategies did not enhance the effects of exposure in vivo.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S. G. Hofmann and D. A. Spiegel Panic Control Treatment and Its Applications J Psychother Pract Res., January 1, 1999; 8(1): 3 - 11. [Abstract] [Full Text]