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Fighting fire with fire.

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a relatively recent diagnostic category, but it has long been recognised that trauma can produce persistent psychological sequelae. Paul Wheble describes how he successfully used cognitive behavioural therapy to help Alec, a fire-fighter, come to terms with an horrific accident 16 years previously.

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P Wheble. 1997. Fighting fire with fire.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9400202/

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