psychopathology: phobia
An anxiety disorder or symptom characterized by avoidance of a situation out of fear or out of anticipation that anxiety would accompany exposure.
Also: acrophobia, agoraphobia, avoidant, counterphobic, homophobia, panic disorder, phobic, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Phobia, triskaidekaphobia
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	| Topic | AN INTRODUCTION TO DISSOCIATION / ASTHMA / AUTOMATIC WRITING / DERMATOLOGY / DISSOCIATION AND DEEPENING / DYSTONIA / ERYTHROPHOBIA / HALLUCINATIONS / HEADACHES / I.M.R. THERAPY / INSOMNIA / MEMORY SUBSTITUTION / NAIL BITING / PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME / PSYCHOGENIC INFERTILITY / REGRESSIONS / DIAGNOSTIC SCALE / SMOKING CESSATION / SMOKING CESSATION / SPECIFIC AGE REGRESSION / STAMMERING / SUGGESTED AMNESIA / TAKING A CASE HISTORY / OBSTETRICS 
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	| Reference | Waxman D (ed) (1989) Hartland's Medical and Dental Hypnosis 3rd edition Bailliere Tindall 
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	| Topic | ANOREXIA NERVOSA 
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	| Reference | Crisp AH (1974) Primary anorexia nervosa or adolescent weight phobia Practitioner 212 (1270 Spec No) 525-535 
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	| Topic | BEHAVIOUR THERAPY / EXPOSURE THERAPY 
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	| Reference | Marks, I. (1979). "Exposure therapy for phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorders.". Hosp Pract 14 (2): 101–8. 
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	| Topic | CBT / COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 
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	| Reference | Ost, L G (1989). "One-session treatment for specific phobias". Behaviour Research and Therapy 27 (1): 1-7. doi:2914000. ISSN 0005-7967. PMID 2914000. 
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	| Topic | COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL HYPNOTHERAPY 
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	| Reference | Davey, G,C,L (Ed.), (1997). Phobias, Handbook of Theory, Research and Treatment: Wiley. 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Fffrench C () Hypnosis to alleviate classically conditioned fear of choking: Hypnos 1998 Jun;25(2):108-9 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Forgione AC () Hypnosis in the treatment of dental fear and phobia: Dent Clin North Am 1988 Oct;32(4):745-61 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Hammarstrand G. Berggren U. Hakeberg M. () Psychophysiological therapy vs. hypnotherapy in the treatment of patients with dental phobia.: European Jou 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Malcolm N () Fear of flying - the use of ego-state therapy - two case studies: Hypnos 1996 Dec;23(4):202-5 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Wright S () The use of hypnosis in treatment of fear of darkness:  a case report: British J Exp Clin Hypn 1988 Apr;5(2):103-4 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS MEDICAL APPLICATIONS 
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	| Reference | Gate EM, Ayer WA: Treatment of dental phobias. J Ain Dent Assoc 1969;79:1304-1307. 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998 
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	| Reference | Hammarstrand G. Berggren U. Hakeberg M. Psychophysiological therapy vs. hypnotherapy in the treatment of patients with dental phobia. European Journal 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Alden P () When hypnosis looks like magic, remember electricity!: Contemp Hypn 1998;15(2):71-5 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Bills IG () The use of hypnosis in the management of dental phobia: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1993 May;21(1):13-8 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Bird N () Treatment of childhood dental phobia using a modified television visualization technique: Contemporary Hypnosis 1997;14(1):80-3 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Bodden JL () Accessing state-bound memories in the treatment of phobias: two case studies: Am J Clin Hypn 1991 Jul;34(1):24-8 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Boersma FJ, Moskal R, Massey D () Acknowledging the wind and a child's unconscious: creative therapy with trance experience: Arts Psychother 1991;18(2 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Brice GL () Hypnosis for an operation phobia - a case study: Aust J Clin Hypnother Hypn 1987 Sep;8(2):97-104 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Catena R () Un caso di regressione spontanea in autoipnosi in soggetto fobico (Italian - English Abstract): Riv Int Psicol Ipnosi 1986 Oct-Dec;27(4):2 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Catena R () Un caso di rupofobia persistente da 23 anni risolto con ipnosi e autoipnosi (Italian - English Abstract): Riv Int Psicol Ipnosi 1986 Apr-S 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Currie R () Hypnosis in the treatment of a school phobia for a deaf child with only moderate lip-reading skills: Australian Journal of Clinical & Expe 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Davis J () Freeway phobia: Med Hypnoanal J 1989 Sep;4(3):80-4 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Domangue BB () Hypnotic regression and reframing in the treatment of insect phobias: Am J Psychother 1985 Apr;39(2):206-14 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Gerschman JA, Burrows GD () Hypnotizability and dental phobic disorders: Hypnos 1994 Dec;21(4):224-33 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Gerschman JA, Burrows GD, Reade PC () Hypnotizability and dental phobic disorders: Int J Psychosom 1987;34(4):42-7 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Ginsberg SH () Hypnosis as an adjunct to broad spectrum psychotherapy in the treatment of simple phobia: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Handler L () Utilization approaches and psychodynamic psychotherapy in a case of hospital phobia:  an integrated approach: Am J Clin Hypn 1989 Apr;31( 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Jackson HJ () The missing factors: influences in choice of treatment strategies: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1987 Nov;15(2) 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Jackson HJ, Francey SM () The use of hypnotically induced covert modelling in the densitization of an escalator phobia: Australian Journal of Clinical 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Jarmon R () A case of orniphobia, treated with past life hypnotic  regression: Med Hypnoanal J 1994 Dec;9(4):141-8 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Jarmon R () Aversion to monetary reward - a case study in repressed memory of abuse: Med Hypnoanal J 1995 Mar;10(1):224-9 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Kelemen ZA () Paradoxical hypnotic intervention in a case of school phobia: Aust J Clin Hypnother Hypn 1988 Mar;9(1):13-7 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Kraft T () A case of chemotherapy phobia: an integrative approach: Contemporary Hypnosis 1993;10(2):105-11 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Kraft T () The combined use of hypnosis and in vivo de sensitization in  the successful treatment of a case of balloon phobia: Contemporary Hypnosis 1 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Lamb CS () Hypnotically-induced deconditioning: reconstruction of memories in the treatment of phobias: Am J Clin Hypn 1985 Oct;28(2):56-62 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Larkin M. () Hypnosis makes headway in the clinic news.: Lancet 1999;353(9150):386 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Lipsett L () Hypnosis in the treatment of social phobia: Aust J Clin Exp Hyp 1998 May;26(1):57-64 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | McGuinness TP. () Hypnosis in the treatment of phobias: a review of the literature.: American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 1984;26(4):261-72 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | McIntosh IB () Treating travel phobias with hypnotherapy: Hypnos 1992 Feb;19(1):40-5 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | McKenzie S () Hypnotherapy for vomiting phobia in a 40-year-old woman: Contemporary Hypnosis 1994;11(1):37-40 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Mehrstedt M () Hypnosis and behavioral therapy of dental anxiety and needle phobia - a case report: Hypnos 1995 Mar;22(1):27-31 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Milne G () Hypnosis in the treatment of single phobia and complex agoraphobia: a series of case studies: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Moore KA () "Hypnosis or not?": brief intervention with hypodermic needle phobic: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1992 May;20(1 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Morse DR () In vivo densitization using meditation - hypnosis in the treatment of rubber dam claustrophobia: Aust J Clin Hypnother Hypn 1984 Sep;4(2): 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Mott T () Current status of hypnosis in the treatment of phobias (editorial): Am J Clin Hypn 1986 Jan;28(3):135-7 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Nugent WR, Carden NA, Montgomery DJ () Utilizing the creative unconscious in the treatment of hypodermic phobias and sleep disturbance: Am J Clin Hypn 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Nunn C () "Hypnotherapy cured my claustrophobia": Heres Health 1997 May;5:30 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | O'Brien RM. Cooley LE. Ciotti J. Henninger KM. () Augmentation of systematic desensitization of snake phobia through posthypnotic dream suggestion.: A 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Owens ME, Bliss EL, Koester P, Jeppsen EA () Phobias and hypnotizability: a reexamination: Int J Clin Exp Hypn 1989 Jul;37(3):207-16 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Prior M () Ericksonian hypnosis in the treatment of clients with examination panic: Hypnos 1990 May;17(2):97-105 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Rodolfa ER, Kraft W, Reilley RR () Etiology and treatment of dental anxiety and phobia: Am J Clin Hypn 1990 Jul;33(1):22-8 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Scott G () Hypnosis in the treatment of dental phobia: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1994 May;22(1):65-71 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Shapiro J. Franko DL. Gagne A. () Phagophobia: a form of psychogenic dysphagia. A new entity.: Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 1997;106(4): 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Simon EP. () Hypnosis using a communication device to increase magnetic resonance imaging tolerance with a claustrophobic patient.: Military Medicine 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Slovin M. () Managing the anxious and phobic dental patient.: New York State Dental Journal 1997;63(7):36-40 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Somer E () Biofeedback-aided hypnotherapy for intractable phobic anxiety: Am J Clin Hypn 1995 Jan;37(3):54-64 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Somerville WR, Jupp JJ () Experimental evaluation of a brief "ideodynamic" hypnotherapy applied to phobias: Contemporary Hypnosis 1992 Jun;9(2):85-96 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Stanton H () Using rational-emotive therapy suggestions in the university setting: Hypnos 1991 Dec;18(4):202-7 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Stanton HE () Combining hypnosis and NLP in the treatment of telephone phobia: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1996 May;24(1):5 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Stanton HE () Using the "Clenched fist" technique in the treatment of phobias: British J Exp Clin Hypn 1988 Oct;5(3):125-9 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Steggles S () The use of cognitive-behavioral treatment including hypnosis for claustrophobia in cancer patients.: Am J Clin Hypn 1999 Apr;41(4):319-2 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Torres Godoy PH () The use of hypnosis in anxiety, phobia and psychosomatic disorders: an eight-year review (part one): Aust J Clin Hypnother Hypn 199 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | van Dyck R, Spinhoven P () Depersonalization and derealization during panic and hypnosis in low and highly hypnotizable agoraphobics: Int J Clin Exp H 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Zelling DA () The triple allergenic theory: Med Hypnoanal J 1988 Jun;3(2):58-62 
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	| Topic | PHOBIAS / SMOKING 
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	| Reference | Frischholz EJ, Spiegel D, Trentalange MJ, Spiegel H () The hypnotic induction profile and absorption: Am J Clin Hypn 1987 Oct;30(2):87-93 
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	| Topic | SYSTEMATIC DESENSITISATION THERAPY 
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	| Reference | Ohman, A., Erixon, G., & Lofberg, I. (1975). Phobias and preparedness: Phobic versus neutral pictures as conditioned stimuli for human autonomic respo 
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	| Topic | TICS AND TOURETTE SYNDROME 
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	| Reference | Linet, Leslie S. Tourette Syndrome, Pimozide, and School Phobia: The Neuroleptic Separation Anxiety Syndrome. AM J Psychiatry, 142(5), May, 1985: 613- 
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	| Topic | TICS AND TOURETTE SYNDROME 
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	| Reference | Mikkelsen, Edwin J., Detlor, Jill, and Cohen, Donald J. School Avoidance and Social Phobia Triggered by Haloperidol Patients with Tourette's Disorder. 
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	| Topic | BEHAVIOUR THERAPY / EXPOSURE THERAPY 
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	| Reference | de Silva P, Rachman S (1983). "Exposure and fear-reduction". Behav Res Ther 21 (2): 151–2. PMID 6838470. 
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	| Topic | BEHAVIOUR THERAPY / EXPOSURE THERAPY 
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	| Reference | De Silva, P.; Rachman, S. (1981). "Is exposure a necessary condition for fear-reduction?". Behav Res Ther 19 (3): 227–32. doi:10.1016/0005-7967(81)900 
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	| Topic | BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY / ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING 
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	| Reference | de Becker, Gavin. The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 1998. 
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	| Topic | CBT / COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 
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	| Reference | Jones, MC (1924). "Elimination of children's fears". Journal of Experimental Psychology 7: 382-397. 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Cowen LW () A fear of thunderstorms: a case study: Aust J Clin Hypnother Hypn 1984 Sep;4(2):79-82 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Der DF. Lewington P. () Rational self-directed hypnotherapy: a treatment for panic attacks.: American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 1990;32(3):160-7 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Hendler CS, Redd WH () Fear of hypnosis: The role of labeling in patients' acceptance of behavioral interventions: Behav Ther. 1986;17(1):2-13 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Ishimoto J; Matsuoka Y; Aoki H; Teshima H; Nakagawa T () Abreaction during systematic desensitization under hypnosis for food allergy: Jpn J Psychosom 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Johnson GM, Hallenbeck CE () A case of obsessional fears treated by brief hypno - imagery intervention: Am J Clin Hypn 1985 Apr;27(4):232-6 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Kleinhauz M, Eli I () Hypnotic induction in dentistry - coping with the fear of losing control (autonomy): A brief communication: Int J Clin Exp Hypn 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Lewis G () Fear of sorcery and the problem of death by suggestion: Soc Sci Med 1987;24(12):997-1010 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Moore R. () Dental fear treatment: comparison of a video training procedure and clinical rehearsals.: Scandinavian Journal of Dental Research 1991;99( 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Stanton HE () Overcoming fear of public speaking with the diagnostic trance: Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1991 May;19(1):41- 
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	| Topic | FEAR 
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	| Reference | Zachariae R. Bjerring P. Arendt-Nielsen L. Nielsen T. Gotliebsen K. () The effect of hypnotically induced emotional states on brain potentials evoked 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Fffrench C () Hypnosis to alleviate classically conditioned fear of choking: Hypnos 1998 Jun;25(2):108-9 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Forgione AC () Hypnosis in the treatment of dental fear and phobia: Dent Clin North Am 1988 Oct;32(4):745-61 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Hammarstrand G. Berggren U. Hakeberg M. () Psychophysiological therapy vs. hypnotherapy in the treatment of patients with dental phobia.: European Jou 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Malcolm N () Fear of flying - the use of ego-state therapy - two case studies: Hypnos 1996 Dec;23(4):202-5 
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	| Topic | FEAR / PHOBIAS 
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	| Reference | Wright S () The use of hypnosis in treatment of fear of darkness:  a case report: British J Exp Clin Hypn 1988 Apr;5(2):103-4 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS AND GROUP THERAPY FOR CANCER PAIN 
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	| Reference | Kuhn CC, Bradnan WA: Pain as a substitute for the fear of death. Psychosomat Med 20:494-495, 1979 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS MEDICAL APPLICATIONS 
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	| Reference | Golan HP: Control of fear reaction in dental patients by hypnosis. Ain J Clin Hypn 1971;13:279. 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS MEDICAL APPLICATIONS 
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	| Reference | Read GD: Childbirth without Fear. New York, Harper, 1953. 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS MISC 
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	| Reference | Holmes, E. A., Brown, R> J., Mansell, W., Fearon, R. P., Hunter, E. C. M., Frasquilho, F., Oakley, D. (2005). Are there two qualitatively distinct for 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998 
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	| Reference | Hendler CS, Redd WH Fear of hypnosis: The role of labeling in patients' acceptance of behavioral interventions Behav Ther. 1986;17(1):2-13 One hundred 
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	| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998 
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	| Reference | Stanton HE Overcoming fear of public speaking with the diagnostic trance Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1991 May;19(1):41-7 24 
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	| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY RESEARCH MISC 
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	| Reference | Fear, stress, anxiety and depression, (Kirsch I, Motgomery G, Sapirstein G. 
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	| Topic | PAIN AND CHILDREN 
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	| Reference | Kuttner, Leora, Ph. D., No Fears, No Tears, 13 years later , Video, 1998 NIH Technology Assessment Panel on Integration of Behavioral and Relaxation A 
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	| Topic | THE BRAIDING PROCESS 
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	| Reference | Mills JC (1989) No more monsters and meanies: multisensory metaphors for helping children with fears and depression. In MD Yapko (ed) Brief Therapy Ap 
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