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| Name | Class |
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| St. Olavs Hospital | OTHER |
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The purpose for this study is to determine whether EMDR is effective in the treatment of specific (animal) phobia.
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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| EMDR | Experimental | The experimental group was treated for animal phobia by EMDR, control group received an attention placebo (relaxation plus breathing exercises). Afterwards, both groups were treated by exposure therapy (therapy of choice for animal phobia). |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) | Other | Psychotherapy which is approved for PTSD. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Behavioral Approach Test towards the feared animal. | Before and after each treatment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Scores on self-report questionnaires on phobic symptoms | Before and after both treatments | |
| Neuropsychological function | Before first treatment, some measures also before second treatment | |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ludger Kaiser, Doctor | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| C562465 | Phobia, Specific |
| D010698 | Phobic Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| ID | Term |
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| D057169 | Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing |
| D007171 | Implosive Therapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D003887 | Desensitization, Psychologic |
| D001521 | Behavior Therapy |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |
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| Exposure therapy | Other | All participants in the study received exposure therapy som second treatment. Exposure therapy is the therapy of choice for animal phobia. |
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| Cognitive strategies |
| Before both treatments |