1. Simple techniques to treat medical phobias
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B. M. Wermuth, J. M. Ferguson, and C. B. Taylor
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Phobias ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Phobic disorder ,Phobic Disorders ,Behavior Therapy ,Needles ,Intravenous catheter ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Intensive care medicine ,Psychiatry ,business ,Research Article ,Simple (philosophy) - Abstract
Summary Participant modelling, a behaviourally-orientated treatment technique, is an effect method of treating phobias associated with minor medical procedures or apparatus such as needles or intravenous catheters. The steps in this technique are described and two cases of severe needle phobias successfully treated with participant modelling are presented to illustrate further its application.
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- 1977
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