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Rachel V Handley1, Paul M Salkovskis, Anke Ehlers
1King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. r.handley@iop.kcl.ac.uk
Background:
The present paper describes the cognitive-behavioural approach evolved and adapted to treat survivors of the London bombings experiencing fear and avoidance of public transport (travel phobia).
Method:
Treatment outcomes for a consecutive case series (N = 11) are reported.
Results:
All individuals who completed treatment (N = 10) had returned to their pre-bombing use of transport and reported minimal symptoms.
Conclusions:
The need for appropriately tailored treatment based on differential diagnosis and formulation and the importance of incorporating skills for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder are discussed.
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