Combined Fainting and Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures as Significant Therapy Hurdles in Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia: A Mini-Review and Case Report

Combined Fainting and Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures as Significant Therapy Hurdles in Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia: A Mini-Review and Case Report

BackgroundAnxiety disorders are the most frequent mental disorders. Among the different subtypes, specific phobias are the commonest. Due to the ongoing SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, blood-injury-injection phobia (BII) has gained wider attention in the context of large-scale vaccination campaigns and public...

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Main Authors: Iven-Alex von Mücke-Heim, Isabelle Walter, Sandra Nischwitz, Angelika Erhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
blood-injury-injection phobia
psychotherapy (exposure)
individualization
psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
fainting
applied tension
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.915058/full

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