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Case Reports
. 1991 Sep:159:422-5.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.159.3.422.

Behavioural treatment of AIDS-focused illness phobia

S Logsdail  1 , K Lovell, H Warwick, I Marks
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Case Reports

Behavioural treatment of AIDS-focused illness phobia

S Logsdail et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1991 Sep.

Abstract

Seven cases are described in which the central symptoms were fear of contracting AIDS, avoidance of related cues, rituals and reassurance-seeking. Associated features include previous illness phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Treatment with exposure and response prevention (plus a cognitive session in one case), led to improvement sustained up to three months after discharge, although one patient stopped treatment prematurely. Controlled trials of behavioural treatment in hypochondriasis are required.

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