PSYC36H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.1: Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Systematic Desensitization
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Psychological approaches in the treatment of specific phobias: a meta-analysis. Specific phobia: marked and persistent fear of a specific object or situation that causes significant life interference or distress: lifetime prevalence: 12. 5% Most common anxiety disorder: divided into four subtypes: Situational (e. g. fears of enclosed spaces, flying) Natural environment (e. g. fears of heights, storms, water) Animal (e. g. fears of snakes, spiders, dogs) Blood/injection/injury (e. g. fears of dental or medical procedures, injections, seeing blood) Show a chronic course with low rates of spontaneous remission. Specific phobia is among the most treatable of disorders: interventions include cognitive therapy, modeling, imaginal or virtual reality exposure, and direct in vivo exposure. Exposure therapy is the most widely studied and often considered the first line of treatment for specific phobias. In vivo exposure: involves having patients come into direct contact with the fear stimulus: has been extensively researched for the treatment of specific phobias (2) systematic desensitization. Based on wolpe"s theory of reciprocal inhibition .
