The psychophysiology of blood-injection-injury phobia: Looking beyond the diphasic response paradigm

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-67

  Ritz, Thomas ^a   Meuret, Alicia E ^a   Ayala, Erica S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied tension; Blood injection injury phobia; Diphasic response; Hyperventilation; Respiration; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

HUMORAL ANTIBODY;

ANATOMY; ANXIETY DISORDER; APNEA; BLOOD INJECTION INJURY PHOBIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PHLEBOTOMY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 77956398125     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.05.007     Document Type: Review

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