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Treatment of Phobophobia by Exposure to CO2-Induced Anxiety Symptoms

1983; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 171; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00005053-198308000-00009

1539-736X

Eric Griez, Corine de Ruiter,

Media Influence and Health

It is argued that fear of fear, or phobophobia, can be an important maintaining factor in cases of seemingly free-floating anxiety with periodic panic attacks and that effective treatment consists of exposure to the feared neurovegetative sensations. The case history presented suggests that inhalation of CO2-O2 mixtures induces the phobic interoceptive sensations and that it can be used in the exposure treatment of phobophobia.