Fear reduction by psychotherapies
The British Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 June 2000Open access
Isaac Marks, Reuven Dar
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Until recently, considerable evidence suggested that treatments which lastingly improved anxiety disorders succeeded because they included some form of systematic exposure to the feared stimulus.
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