Combining alprazolam with systematic desensitization therapy for dental injection phobia

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 871-887

  Coldwell, Susan E ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^b   Milgrom, Peter ^a   Prall, Christopher W ^a   Getz, Tracy ^a   Spadafora, Agnes ^a   Chiu, I Yu ^a   Leroux, Brian G ^a   Ramsay, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepines; Exposure therapy; Phobias

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DENTAL ANXIETY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 34548246378     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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