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Whatever happened to specific phobias? The significant contribution of Lars Goran Öst to specific phobia research and treatment. Graham C L Davey University of Sussex, UK. The 3-Stage Journey. Searching & Researching Study it if it moves, and study it if it doesn’t move
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Whatever happened to specific phobias? The significant contribution of Lars GoranÖst to specific phobia research and treatment Graham C L Davey University of Sussex, UK
The 3-Stage Journey • Searching & Researching • Study it if it moves, and study it if it doesn’t move • Researching the Range of Specific Phobias (1978 to 1992) • Developing the Treatment (1989 to 1996) • Bankrupting the therapists • Understanding Everything • From Therapist behaviour to Quality of Life
Snakes & Spiders • 1978 FADING vs SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION IN THE TREATMENT OF SNAKE AND SPIDER PHOBIA
Thunder & Lightning • 1978 BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING PHOBIAS
Claustrophobia • 1982 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSEPATTERNS AND THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT BEHAVIORAL METHODS IN THE TREATMENT OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA
Agoraphobia • 1983 ACQUISITION OF AGORAPHOBIA, MODE OF ONSET AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS
Blood Phobia • 1984 PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES IN BLOOD PHOBICS
Dental Phobia • 1985 ACQUISITION OF BLOOD AND DENTAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS IN CLINICAL PATIENTS
Choking Phobia • 1992 COGNITIVE THERAPY IN A CASE OF CHOKING PHOBIA
Flying Phobia • 1997 ONE VERSUS FIVE SESSIONS OF EXPOSURE IN THE TREATMENT OF FLYING PHOBIA
Öst & Hugdahl 1981 • ACQUISITION OF PHOBIAS AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS IN CLINICAL PATIENTS
Age of Onset • 1987 Age of Onset in Different Phobias
Bankrupting the Phobia Therapists • 1989 ONE-SESSION TREATMENT FOR SPECIFIC PHOBIAS
Teaching the Children • 1991
1 vs. 5 Sessions • 1992
…A further turn of the screw… • 1996 ONE-SESSION GROUP TREATMENT OF SPIDER PHOBIA
… And a final turn of the screw • 1998 A clinical study of spider phobia: prediction of outcome after self-help and therapist-directed treatments
Understanding Everything • 1996 PREDICTION OF OUTCOME IN THE TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PHOBIA. A CROSS VALIDATION STUDY • Diastolic Blood-pressure at pre-test • Treatment Credibility
Therapist Behaviour • 1997 Therapist behavior during one-session exposure treatment of spider phobia: Individual vs group setting
Phobia Comorbidity • 2010 Comorbidity in youth with specific phobias: Impact of comorbidity on treatment outcome and the impact of treatment on comorbid disorders
Quality of Life • 2012 Quality-of-life before and after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in patients with intra-oral injection phobia
Why has phobia research had such a low profile recently • No Living to be Made in Phobias Therapy Any More • 1-session group treatment • Self-help manual • We await the App! • Lars-GoranÖst has studied all the Specific Phobias • We need to Invent some more!