Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Dental Phobia and Anxiety

Öst, Lars-Göran; Skaret, Erik

The first book to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia using brief CBT, based on the pioneering single-session treatment for specific phobias developed by Lars-Göran Öst.

• Brings together research, experience and techniques from clinical psychology and dentistry to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia in clinical and dental contexts
• Chapters describe epidemiology, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, symptoms, clinical characteristics and consequences, and aetiology of dental phobia
• Also covers related issues including intra-oral injection phobia, dental treatment of fearful children, and the use of medication to supplement psychological treatment of fear

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2013-04-01

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781119960720

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Dimensions: 254.0cm x177.8cm

Pages: 256.0