Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test
The efficacy of behavior therapy based mainly on real-life exposure situations as well as applied tension was examined for a combined case of blood-injury-injection (BII) phobia and social anxiety disorder. Treatment involved 28 behavior therapy sessions, while applied tension technique was also des...
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doaj-32d13cf7175346c4acc1b2c528781d342020-11-24T22:51:52ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382012-01-01201210.1155/2012/368039368039Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt TestFotini Ferenidou0Theodoros Chalimourdas1Velissarios Antonakis2Nikolaos Vaidakis3Georgios Papadimitriou41st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 72, 11528 Athens, Greece1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 72, 11528 Athens, Greece1st Cardiology Clinic, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 114, 11527 Athens, Greece1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 72, 11528 Athens, Greece1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Vas. Sofias 72, 11528 Athens, GreeceThe efficacy of behavior therapy based mainly on real-life exposure situations as well as applied tension was examined for a combined case of blood-injury-injection (BII) phobia and social anxiety disorder. Treatment involved 28 behavior therapy sessions, while applied tension technique was also described and practiced. The specific contribution of social skills techniques, fantasy, and real-life situations exposure was examined in a single case design. The subject was a 39-year-old male with anxiety symptoms when confronting an audience, as well as symptoms of the autonomic nervous system (bradycardia and syncope), which were better explained by BII. All self-report measures regarding fear, social phobia, and anxiety were reduced after behavior therapy and remained maintained at followup, while BII decreased further after applied tension techniques. The contribution of behavior therapy to the overall outcome of the case is considered significant for many reasons that are discussed in the pape.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/368039 |
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Fotini Ferenidou Theodoros Chalimourdas Velissarios Antonakis Nikolaos Vaidakis Georgios Papadimitriou Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test Case Reports in Psychiatry |
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Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test |
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Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test |
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Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test |
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Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test |
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Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test |
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combined case of blood-injury-injection phobia and social phobia: behavior therapy management and effectiveness through tilt test |
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The efficacy of behavior therapy based mainly on real-life exposure situations as well as applied tension was examined for a combined case of blood-injury-injection (BII) phobia and social anxiety disorder. Treatment involved 28 behavior therapy sessions, while applied tension technique was also described and practiced. The specific contribution of social skills techniques, fantasy, and real-life situations exposure was examined in a single case design. The subject was a 39-year-old male with anxiety symptoms when confronting an audience, as well as symptoms of the autonomic nervous system (bradycardia and syncope), which were better explained by BII. All self-report measures regarding fear, social phobia, and anxiety were reduced after behavior therapy and remained maintained at followup, while BII decreased further after applied tension techniques. The contribution of behavior therapy to the overall outcome of the case is considered significant for many reasons that are discussed in the pape. |
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