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Reducing demands on clinicians by offering computer-aided self-help for phobia/panic
- Authors:
- KENWRIGHT Mark, LINESS Sheena, MARKS Isaac
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, November 2001, pp.456-459.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Many patients with phobia/panic find it hard to access effective treatment. This study aims to test the feasibility of computer-guided exposure therapy for phobia/panic. Self-referrals were screened for 20 minutes and, if suitable, had six sessions of computer-guided self-help. At pre-treatment, computer-guided cases were slightly less severe than clinician-guided patients. In a post-treatment intent-to-treat analysis, both groups improved comparably but computer-guided patients spent 86% less time with a clinician than did purely clinician-guided patients, who had no access to the computer system. Concludes that computer-guided self-exposure therapy appeared feasible and effective for self-referrals and a controlled study is now needed.