ABSTRACT
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr Huw Williams, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. Phone 1: +44 1392 264661, Phone 2: +44 1392 264626, Fax: +44 1392 264623, Email: w.h.williams@exeter.ac.uk
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DOI: 10.1080/09602010244000417
INTRODUCTION
Survivors of brain injury are at particular risk of developing mood disorders. Psychological reactions to neurological trauma may be caused by a complex interaction of a host of factors. Cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) is advocated as being a treatment of choice for many anxiety disorders, and has an extensive evidence base. There is a limited, albeit growing, literature on the use of CBT with people with brain injury. In this paper we address how brain injury survivors may experience anxiety disorders, and a case of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor is provided to illustrate the integration of cognitive rehabilitation with CBT for the management of obsessive-compulsive disorder and health anxiety.
