Specific Phobia
Conditions
Keywords
Specific (Animal) Phobia, EMDR, Exposure therapy
Brief summary
The purpose for this study is to determine whether EMDR is effective in the treatment of specific (animal) phobia.
Detailed description
Aims: To test the hypothesis that one session EMDR is more effective for the treatment of specific (animal) phobia than relaxation immediately after treatment and at follow-up. Secondly to test whether an additional one-session exposure therapy offered to both treatment groups (EMDR patients and relaxation patients) improves outcome in the EMDR-group and results in equal outcome for both treatment groups.
Interventions
OTHEREMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Psychotherapy which is approved for PTSD.
OTHERExposure therapy
All participants in the study received exposure therapy som second treatment. Exposure therapy is the therapy of choice for animal phobia.
Sponsors
St. Olavs Hospital
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with Specific (Animal) Phobia
Exclusion criteria
* Current or past psychotic disorder * Current substance dependence or abuse * Serious physical illness * Active suicidal behavior * Bipolar affective disorder * Pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Behavioral Approach Test towards the feared animal. | Before and after each treatment |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Scores on self-report questionnaires on phobic symptoms | Before and after both treatments |
| Neuropsychological function | Before first treatment, some measures also before second treatment |
| Cognitive strategies | Before both treatments |
Outcome results
None listed