TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Treating clinically significant avoidance of public transport following the London bombings? JO - Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy A1 - Handley, Rachel V. A1 - Salkovskis, P. M. A1 - Ehlers, Anke SP - 87 EP - 93 VL - 37 IS - 1 N2 - 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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LA - en SN - 1352-4658 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465808004943 ID - ref1 ER -