The treatment of two phobic patients on the basis of learning principles.

Abstract

"The treatment of two phobic patients has been described. Case 1 manifested an excessive fear of going out on her own; Case 2 displayed disabling symptoms in the form of an excessive fear of going into enclosed and crowded places. Both cases had blackouts of unknown nature. The treatment program for both cases was mainly based on the principle of primary stimulus generalization. Owing to the more "diffuse" nature of the anxiety displayed by Case 2, an additional simple conditioning technique was employed." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)