Whatever happened to specific phobias The significant contribution

Whatever happened to specific phobias? The significant contribution of Lars Goran Öst to specific phobia research and treatment Graham C L Davey University of Sussex, UK

The 3 -Stage Journey • Searching & Researching o Study it if it moves, and study it if it doesn’t move o Researching the Range of Specific Phobias (1978 to 1992) • Developing the Treatment (1989 to 1996) o Bankrupting therapists • Understanding Everything o From Therapist behaviour to Quality of Life

Snakes & Spiders • 1978 FADING vs SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION IN THE TREATMENT OF SNAKE AND SPIDER PHOBIA

Thunder & Lightning • 1978 BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING PHOBIAS

Claustrophobia • 1982 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE PATTERNS AND THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT BEHAVIORAL METHODS IN THE TREATMENT OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA

Agoraphobia • 1983 ACQUISITION OF AGORAPHOBIA, MODE OF ONSET AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS

Blood Phobia • 1984 PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES IN BLOOD PHOBICS

Dental Phobia • 1985 ACQUISITION OF BLOOD AND DENTAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS IN CLINICAL PATIENTS

Choking Phobia • 1992 COGNITIVE THERAPY IN A CASE OF CHOKING PHOBIA

Flying Phobia • 1997 ONE VERSUS FIVE SESSIONS OF EXPOSURE IN THE TREATMENT OF FLYING PHOBIA

Öst & Hugdahl 1981 • ACQUISITION OF PHOBIAS AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS IN CLINICAL PATIENTS

Age of Onset • 1987 Age of Onset in Different Phobias

Bankrupting the Phobia Therapists • 1989 ONE-SESSION TREATMENT FOR SPECIFIC PHOBIAS

Teaching the Children • 1991

1 vs. 5 Sessions • 1992

…A further turn of the screw… • 1996 ONE-SESSION GROUP TREATMENT OF SPIDER PHOBIA

… And a final turn of the screw • 1998 A clinical study of spider phobia: prediction of outcome after self-help and therapist-directed treatments

Understanding Everything • 1996 PREDICTION OF OUTCOME IN THE TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PHOBIA. A CROSS VALIDATION STUDY o Diastolic Blood-pressure at pre-test o Treatment Credibility

Therapist Behaviour • 1997 Therapist behavior during one-session exposure treatment of spider phobia: Individual vs group setting

Phobia Comorbidity • 2010 Comorbidity in youth with specific phobias: Impact of comorbidity on treatment outcome and the impact of treatment on comorbid disorders

Quality of Life • 2012 Quality-of-life before and after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in patients with intra-oral injection phobia

Why has phobia research had such a low profile recently • No Living to be Made in Phobias Therapy Any More o 1 -session group treatment o Self-help manual o We await the App! • Lars-Goran Öst has studied all the Specific Phobias o We need to Invent some more!