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Some Psychophysiological Issues in Behavioural Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Gudrun Sartory
Gudrun Sartory
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Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
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Behaviour therapists are using psychophysiological measures to an increasing extent for evaluation of treatment outcome. The main areas of use which are discussed here comprise measures and concepts of treatment of phobic anxiety and clinical application of biofeedback procedures. Finally, a brief summary of measures of sexual arousal is given at the end.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 1981, pp. 215 - 230
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1981

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