Graham C L Davey University of Sussex, UK
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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 DaveyUniversity of Sussex, UK
The 3-Stage Journey
• Searching & Researchingo Study it if it moves, and study it if it doesn’t moveo Researching the Range of Specific Phobias (1978 to 1992)
• Developing the Treatment (1989 to 1996)o Bankrupting the therapists
• Understanding Everythingo 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 RESPONSE PATTERNS 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
o Diastolic Blood-pressure at pre-testo 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 Moreo 1-session group treatmento Self-help manualo We await the App!
• Lars-Goran Öst has studied all the Specific Phobiaso We need to Invent some more!