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Preliminary Communication: 1: Declining-dose drug desensitization for phobias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

W. O. McCormick  and
E. C. O'Gorman
W. O. McCormick
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, The Queen's University of Belfast
E. C. O'Gorman
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, The Queen's University of Belfast
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Synopsis

The use of a technique of Declining-dose Drug Desensitization (DDDD) in phobic patients is described. An anti-anxiety drug is used (diazepam), the blood level declining during each treatment session and the starting dose for each treatment session being gradually reduced. Some relevant animal work on state-dependent learaing in the drugged-state is briefly reviewed. Despite the multiplicity of other treatments available this method would appear to have some advantages.

Type
Preliminary Communication
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , August 1971 , pp. 339 - 342
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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