BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND TARGET SYMPTOMS.

The article reports on the behavior therapy and target symptoms of the patients. This study describes three cases treated by behavior therapy, where treatment aimed at the target symptom also brought about other changes, which had seemed unrelated to the presenting symptom. The remarkable aspect of the whole treatment procedure is that the patient has lost all interest in homosexual and transvestite activities, although no specific treatment was directed towards his sexual deviations. The patient himself was even more grateful for the disappearance of his sexual perversions than for his recovery from the traffic phobia.