Can a one-hour session of exposure treatment modulate startle response and reduce spider fears?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-82

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Adams, Leah ^a   Read, Juliana ^b   Hawk, Larry ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Specific phobia; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; SPIDER; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84860619470     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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