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Jerome Feldman, MD
Center for Mental Health Newton Memorial Hospital 175 High St Newton, NJ 07860

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1984;41(1):107.

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To the Editor.—

The article "Recent Advances in the Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsives" by Steketee et al (ARCHIVES 1982;39:1365-1371) described a behavior therapy using in vivo exposure in combination with response prevention in the treatment of obsessive-compulsives. The article, while pointing out that the combined treatment produced an outcome significantly superior to that of single components, described a failure rate of 20%. The rejection of this method of treatment by one fourth of the persons requesting help in their center because of their fear of undergoing exposure and response prevention suggests a less anxiety-provoking method of treatment. Drugs have been used in behavior therapy¹ to shorten training in relaxation to hasten desensitization,² as well as to eliminate the anxiety and fear interfering with the initial assessment and behavioral treatment of incapacitating anxiety and phobia.³ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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