Nine session treatment of a blood-injection-injury phobia with Manualized cognitive behavioral therapy: An adult case example

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 299-312

  Kevin Chapman, L ^a   DeLapp, Ryan C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied muscle tension; Blood injection injury phobia; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD INJECTION INJURY PHOBIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAINTNESS; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLOOD INJECTION SYMPTOM SCALE; CASE STUDY; FEAR SURVEY SCHEDULE 2; HYPERTENSION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PANIC; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84906060768     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650113509304     Document Type: Article

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