Behavioral treatment of choking phobia in an adolescent: an experimental analysis.
A multiple baseline approach across foods was used to evaluate an exposure-based treatment for choking phobia in a 13-year-old girl. Following 14 sessions, the patient demonstrated substantially reduced self-reported, observer-rated, and parent-reported anxiety, increased eating rate and bite size, and increased variety of food intake. Clinical diagnoses present at pretreatment were not present at posttreatment at a clinical level. These gains were maintained at a 9-month follow-up assessment.
Chorpita
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA. chorpita@hawaii.edu
Vitali
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Barlow
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D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000523:psychology*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic / Q000379:methods; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*