Intensive One-Session Treatment of Specific Phobias
Whether it’s dogs, spiders, blood, heights or some other fear, specific phobias are one of the most prevalent mental health problems, affecting as many as one in eight people. In recent years, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has emerged as particularly
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Thompson E. Davis III • Thomas H. Ollendick Lars-Göran Öst Editors
Intensive One-Session Treatment of Specific Phobias
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Editors Thompson E. Davis III Department of Psychology Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA USA
Lars-Göran Öst Department of Psychology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
Thomas H. Ollendick Virginia Tech Child Study Center Blacksburg, VA USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-3252-4 ISBN 978-1-4614-3253-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3253-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012935375 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Specific phobias are one of the most common mental health problems included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR 2000). Estimates suggest the lifetime prevalence of specific phobia may be as high as 12.5% (Kessler et al. 2005). While treatments for specific phobia have existed for decades, behavior and cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) have become the preferred treatments over the last 20 years. Of these interventions for specific phobia, one-session treatment (OST; Öst 1987, 1997) in particular has emerged as the intervention of choice when working with adults, adolescents, or children with any of a variety of specific phobias. Moreover, OST has been highly recommended as the evidencebased treatment of choice for training beginning novice therapists or training those new to CBT by a past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT; Albano 2009). The purpose of this edited volume is to summarize the current information on specific phobias and on treating these disorders with OST—an intensive, exposure
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