Self-treatment of agoraphobia by exposure

Ghosh, Anindya; Marks, Isaac

doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(87)80047-3

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“…The main factor to minimize economic issues is reducing contact with the therapist (Al-Kubaiy et al, 1992;Marks, 1987;Ö st, Salkovskis, & Hellströ m, 1991). The length of the therapist contact has varied from one visit per week to structure new exposure tasks (Mathews, Gelder, & Johnston, 1981) to no contact at all during the treatment (Ghosh & Marks, 1987;Hellströ m & Ü st, 1995;Ö st et al, 1991). Self-directed exposure has shown to be as successful as standard therapist-directed treatment (Ghosh & Marks, 1987).…”

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“…The length of the therapist contact has varied from one visit per week to structure new exposure tasks (Mathews, Gelder, & Johnston, 1981) to no contact at all during the treatment (Ghosh & Marks, 1987;Hellströ m & Ü st, 1995;Ö st et al, 1991). Self-directed exposure has shown to be as successful as standard therapist-directed treatment (Ghosh & Marks, 1987). In another study the improvement achieved by self-directed exposure was maintained at two-year follow-up (Park et al, 2001).…”

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An Internet-Based Self-Help Program for the Treatment of Fear of Public Speaking: A Case Study

Botella

Gallego

García‐Palacios

et al. 2008

Journal of Technology in Human Services

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An Internet-Based Self-Help Program for the Treatment of Fear of Public Speaking: A Case Study

Botella

Gallego

García‐Palacios

et al. 2008

Journal of Technology in Human Services

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“…Multimedia technology can be used to improve such structured programs, providing such features as enhanced graphics, immediate feedback, and monitoring. While computer-assisted prevention programs have not been evaluated, computer-assisted treatment programs have been found to provide cost-effective interventions for a variety of psychological disorders including depression (Ghosh & Marks, 1987), simple phobias (Selmi, Klein, Greist, & Sorrell, 1990), panic disorder (Newman, Kenardy, Herman, & Taylor, in press) and weight loss (Taylor, Agras, Losch, Plante, & Burnett, 1991).…”

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Evaluation of a computer-mediated eating disorder intervention program

Winzelberg

Taylor

Sharpe

et al. 1998

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

112

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“…Computer-based interventions have been successfully utilized for behavior change and the treatment of a variety of mental health disorders including depression (Selmi et al, 1990), agoraphobia (Ghosh and Marks, 1987) as well as more general nutrition promotion programs (Oenema et al, 2001) and obesity prevention (Taylor et al, 1991). Online support groups have also become increasingly popular in the treatment and recovery process, and have been used for a variety of health promotion and behavior change initiatives (White and Dorman, 2001).…”

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Prevention programs for body image and eating disorders on University campuses: a review of large, controlled interventions

Yager

O’Dea

2008

Health Promotion International

150

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SUMMARYBody dissatisfaction, dieting, eating disorders and exercise disorders are prevalent among male and female university students worldwide. Male students are also increasingly adopting health-damaging, body-imagerelated behaviors such as excessive weight lifting, body building and steroid abuse. Given the severity and difficulty of treating eating disorders, prevention of these problems is a recognized public health goal. Health promotion and health education programs have been conducted in the university setting since the mid 1980s, but few have achieved significant improvements in target health attitudes and behaviors. In this paper, 27 large, randomized and controlled health promotion and health education programs to improve body dissatisfaction, dieting and disordered eating and exercise behaviors of male and female college students are reviewed. In general, health education programs to improve body image and prevent eating disorders in the university setting have been limited by small sample sizes and the exclusion of male students. The majority of studies were conducted among either female undergraduate psychology students or women that were recruited using on-campus advertising. The latter reduces the ability to generalize results to the whole university population, or the general community. In addition, there has been a paucity of longitudinal studies that are methodologically sound, as only 82% (22/27) of interventions included in the review used random assignment of groups, and only 52% (n ¼ 14) included follow-up testing.Information-based, cognitive behavioral and psychoeducational approaches have been the least effective at improving body image and eating problems among university students. Successful elements for future initiatives are identified as taking a media literacy-and dissonance-based educational approach, incorporating health education activities that build self-esteem, and using computers and the internet as a delivery medium. A newly designed program for Australian university students is described.

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Self-treatment of agoraphobia by exposure

Cited by 177 publications

References 23 publications

An Internet-Based Self-Help Program for the Treatment of Fear of Public Speaking: A Case Study

An Internet-Based Self-Help Program for the Treatment of Fear of Public Speaking: A Case Study

Evaluation of a computer-mediated eating disorder intervention program

Prevention programs for body image and eating disorders on University campuses: a review of large, controlled interventions

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