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One versus five sessions of applied tension in the treatment of blood phobia
Abstract
Thirty patients with blood phobia, fulfilling the DSM-III-R criteria for simple phobia, were assessed with behavioral, physiological and self-report measures. They were randomly assigned to 3 different conditions: (1) 5 sessions of applied tension; (2) 1 session of applied tension (maximum 2 h); and (3) I session of tension-only (maximum 2 h). The results showed that the patients in the 3 treatments were all significantly improved at post-treatment and the effects were maintained at the 1 yr follow-up. At post-treatment and follow-up the proportions of clinically improved patients were: AT5 50 and 60%, AT1 0 and 70%, and T1 30 and 60%, respectively. The conclusion that can be drawn is that I-session therapist-directed applied tension or tension-only is the treatment of choice for blood phobia, but completed with a maintenance program of self-exposure.
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“However, current evidence concerning the optimal number of therapy sessions is heterogeneous and does not allow for peremptory conclusions (23, 79).”
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“Most importantly, there are no differences in effectiveness of the technique between patients who faint (defined by an initial exposure test; Hellström et al., 1996) and those who do not, although the rationale holds that its key effects should unfold when presyncopal symptoms or BP drops set in.”
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“The treatment also seems to work, despite its rationale, for patients that do not have a tendency to faint.”
From The psychophysiology of blood-injection-injury phobia: Looking beyond the diphasic response paradigm (2010) · cites this paper as Hellström et al., 1996
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“The observations that (i) fainting status was not related to success of treatment of BII-phobia patients with applied tension (Hellström et al., 1996) and/or other treatment techniques (e.g. Öst et al., 1991)”
From The psychophysiology of blood-injection-injury phobia: Looking beyond the diphasic response paradigm (2010) · cites this paper as Hellström et al., 1996
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- Authors
- Hellström, K., Fellenius, J., & öst, L.-G.
- Affiliations
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- ORCID
- öst, Lars-Göran
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1996-02
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 101-112
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2066873119
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 5.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Keywords
- blood phobia, applied tension, specific phobia, phobia treatment, number of treatment sessions, self-exposure, maintenance strategy, treatment outcomes, follow-up
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Behavior Therapy, Blood, Blood Pressure, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phobic Disorders, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Syncope, Treatment Outcome
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