Half Of Group Free Of Phobia After A Single Treatment

[G_j]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326085222.htm

Half Of Group Free Of Phobia After A Single Treatment

ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2009) — Fifty-five percent of children who underwent an intensive so-called one-session treatment of three hours were freed from their phobia. The treatment is carried out on a single occasion, is quick and cost-effective, with no side effects. The treatment form is also culture-neutral and does not need to be adapted to the country or the place it is to be used.

“Children who are not cured of their phobias run a great risk of developing other areas of anxiety later on. It’s therefore important to find effective forms of treatment that can reduce this risk. The method we have now tested also functions for other types of phobias,” says Lena Reuterskiöld.

In a one-session treatment the children, together with their therapist, gradually approach what they are afraid of in a controlled and planned manner. The therapist describes and carefully demonstrates before the child is allowed to try. Because the children remain in the anxiety-inducing situation, they can experience how their anxiety and fear abates and how the expected catastrophe in fact does not occur. With the patient remaining in the situation for an extended period, without running away, new learning occurs, producing a development toward a new behavior. This is all done on a voluntary basis, which is also a precondition for successful treatment.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Would it work

on Republicans?

[Javaman]

2. perhaps this treatment should be applied to the rapture ready folks. nt

[FedUpWithIt All]

3. I had this happen to me. I had a terrible fear of spiders. One day while driving...

i realized a spider was crawling down a web an inch from my face. My gut wanted to panic but my mind calmly went through all the reasons i could not, driving with kids in the car. I asked myself,"what is really the worst that can happen if this spider gets on me?". I realized that the spider crawling on me was not the worst possible scenario. It was crazy, like something snapped and i turned my attention fully back to driving and ignored the spider. I never saw it again and was none the worse for wear.

Since, i am able to hold (most) spiders. I can pick the non furry ones up and carry them outside. I can calmly deal with the big and ugly ones instead of jumping and screaming and running out of the room. I have tried to use this same type of thinking with other worries, fears and concerns. The thoughts are sometimes out of proportion to the reality and trying to keep things in the correct context can be very healing.

I also think that the process of actually overcoming a fear is more important than being free of the fear. Knowing and believing it CAN be done is valuable.

[pipi_k]

4. I wish this had been done when I was a child

I was ten years old when I experienced my first panic attack on the school playground.

That was 46 years ago.

I was already dealing with it for over 23 years by the time I found out what it all was. By that time it had already progressed to agoraphobia, which gets ever more difficult to treat the longer it goes on untreated.

I am glad for those kids, though. If they can avoid having to deal with phobias (even the simple phobias), they have a good chance at a relatively "normal" life.

[G_j]

5. it's remarkable how simple the concept is

very basic, and no pharmaceuticals!