PubMed · 1994 · 12 citations · 0 references
EducationPsychiatryPsychologyAbnormal PsychologyBehavioral DisordersPsychotherapyAdjustment DisordersAnxiety DisordersAnxiety SymptomsCognitive Behavioral TherapyPhobic DisordersPsychotherapy For Anxiety DisordersAcute Adjustment DisorderAdjustment Disorder With AnxietyAdult Adjustment DisordersCognitive Interventions For AnxietyMilitary ConscriptionPersistent Adjustment DisorderPhobia Treatment
Conscription entails many adjustment difficulties for the young soldier. When anxiety is sufficiently severe to impair performance and make discharge a possibility, a brief course of cognitive-behavioral therapy can rapidly restore the soldier to full functioning. This article explains the theoretical basis for such an approach, and describes three cases.