Treatment of severe blood-injection-injury phobia with the applied-tension method: Two adolescent case examples

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-34

  Mednick, Lauren M ^a,b   Claar, Robyn Lewis ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; applied tension technique; blood injection injury phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; APPLIED TENSION METHOD; BLOOD INJECTION INJURY PHOBIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84859296963     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650112437405     Document Type: Review

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