Appendix II A Case of Claustrophobia

Title
Appendix II A Case of Claustrophobia
LC Subject
Claustrophobia Hypnotism
Creator
Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922
Description
This case report concerns a 31 year old man who suffered from a fear of enclosed places. During treatment for this claustrophobia the man recovered a memory from age 4 involving being trapped in a dark enclosed space. Subsequent information provided by the man's parents provided some degree of confirmation of his recovered memory. The man's claustrophobia subsided after recovering the childhood memory. An interesting aspect of the case is that prior attempts to recover a memory of a sexual nature (due to therapist suggestion) were not successful, suggesting the man was not unduly suggestible.
Issued
1920
Identifier
diss_rive_appe2_1920
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Source
University of Oregon Knight Library, BF173.R54. Instinct and the unconscious; a contribution to a biological theory of the psycho-neuroses, 170-184. Cambridge University press.
Language
English
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Set
Dissociation and Trauma Archives
Primary Set
Dissociation and Trauma Archives
Institution
University of Oregon
Citation
52. Appendix II: "A Case of Claustrophobia". In Rivers, W. H. R. Rivers (1920). Instinct and the unconscious; a contribution to a biological theory of the psycho-neuroses. Cambridge University press.
Note
Description provided by Jennifer Freyd.