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  • Effects of Exposure Therapy Conducted in Multiple Contexts on the Return of Fear

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    Author(s)
    Bandarian-Balooch, Sia
    Primary Supervisor
    Neumann, David
    Other Supervisors
    Boschen, Mark
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    The anxiety disorders are a collection of disorders characterized by psychological fear and anxiety and somatic manifestations of fear and anxiety (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Anxiety disorders can significantly impair a sufferers overall wellbeing and result in significant individual and societal economic burden. Exposure therapy has been proposed to be a core component of anxiety disorder treatment. However, up to 50% of those who are successfully treated experience return of fear after therapy, which may act as a precursor ...
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    The anxiety disorders are a collection of disorders characterized by psychological fear and anxiety and somatic manifestations of fear and anxiety (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Anxiety disorders can significantly impair a sufferers overall wellbeing and result in significant individual and societal economic burden. Exposure therapy has been proposed to be a core component of anxiety disorder treatment. However, up to 50% of those who are successfully treated experience return of fear after therapy, which may act as a precursor of complete clinical relapse. Spontaneous recovery, reacquisition, reinstatement, and renewal may be four contextually driven mechanisms that can predict return of fear. Renewal, the most widely studied of these mechanisms, was the predominant focus of the current thesis. Renewal of fear occurs when post-therapy encounters with feared stimuli take place in contexts that are different to the treatment context.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD ClinPsych)
    School
    School of Applied Psychology
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/767
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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    Subject
    Anxiety disorders
    Exposure theory
    Fear (Psychology)
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365544
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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