Cognitive behavioural group therapy for emetophobia: An open study in a psychiatric setting

Abstract

Background: Emetophobia is a neglected area within clinical research. Only

Phenomenology, epidemiology, co-morbidity and treatment of a specific phobia of vomiting: A systematic review of an understudied disorder

“…There were n=20 single case intervention studies that were excluded from the review as quality could not be rated based on the criteria used. Only two of the included treatment studies scored in the moderate range (Ahlen, Edberg, Di Schiena, & Bergström, 2015;Riddle-Walker et al, 2016) and the other two scored in the weak range (Klonoff, Knell, & Janata, 1984;Philips, 1985), demonstrating the lack of high quality research exploring effective interventions for SPOV.…”

“…Only four treatment studies were included in the review (Ahlen et al, 2015;Klonoff et al, 1984;Philips, 1985;Riddle-Walker et al, 2016) (Table 6). Twenty published single case studies were identified in the search and excluded.…”

“…Two studies explored the effectiveness of group CBT (Ahlen et al, 2015;Philips, 1985); one explored individual CBT including imagery rescripting (Riddle-Walker et al, 2016) and one explored contingency management, parent training and relaxation (Klonoff et al, 1984). All studies reported reductions in SPOV symptomatology over time, which were maintained at follow up (Ahlen et al, 2015;Klonoff et al, 1984;Philips, 1985). Both group and individual CBT were associated with clinical significant and reliable change, and reductions in associated anxiety and depression (Ahlen et al, 2015;Riddle-Walker et al, 2016).…”

“…All studies reported reductions in SPOV symptomatology over time, which were maintained at follow up (Ahlen et al, 2015;Klonoff et al, 1984;Philips, 1985). Both group and individual CBT were associated with clinical significant and reliable change, and reductions in associated anxiety and depression (Ahlen et al, 2015;Riddle-Walker et al, 2016). Group CBT was found to be associated with high client satisfaction (Ahlen et al, 2015).…”

The Future is Bright: Exciting Times for the Science and Practice of Clinical Psychology

“…In this journal, there are many examples of applied research studies conducted in clinical settings with representative treatment‐seeking clinical samples. For example, Ahlen, Edberg, Di Schiena, and Bergstrom () recently conducted an open trial of cognitive behavioural group therapy that was conducted in an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Stockholm, Sweden. It seems that the days of over‐controlled trials with “pure” diagnostic categories and zero client comorbidity are long gone.…”