Exposure and participant modelling in a case of injection phobia

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Trijsburg, Rutger W ^a,b   Jelicic, Marko ^a,b   Vandenbroek, Walter W ^a,b   Plekker, Annelies E M ^a   Verheij, René ^a   Passchier, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Blood injury phobia; Exposure; Injection phobia; Participant modelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJECTION; PHOBIA;

EID: 0030034729     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289033     Document Type: Article

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