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Behavioural Treatment of Injection, Dental and Medical Phobias in Adolescents: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Matthew R. Sanders  and
Lyndall Jones
Matthew R. Sanders
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Australia
Lyndall Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Australia
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This case study describes the use of a multi component behavioural programme in the treatment of a 13-year-old girl with multiple phobias of injections, dental and medical procedures who faced major surgery within 6 months. The treatment involved coping skills training, systematic desensitization, in vivo desensitization with participant modelling and homework assignments. Measures of anxiety via SUDS ratings, behavioural approach tests and self-report measures demonstrated the effectiveness of the treatment program and the subsequent maintenance of treatment effects at 8 months follow-up.

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Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 311 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1990

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