Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of specific phobias: Four single-case studies on dental phobia

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1489-1503

  De Jongh, Ad ^a,b   Van den Oord, H J M ^c   Ten Broeke, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Special Dental Care SBT   (Netherlands)

^d Ctr Psychother and Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental fear; EMDR; Phobia; Psychological trauma; Single case study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PHOBIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036894684     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10100     Document Type: Article

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