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Recent developments in the intervention of specific phobia among adults: a rapid review.
Review in F1000Research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) for virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET): A systematic review.Translational psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Investigating the effectiveness of ailurophobia treatment using virtual reality technique compared to metacognitive therapy: a randomized clinical trial.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
- Treating Multiple Chemical Sensitivity as a Specific Phobia Using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Case Study in an Older Adult.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- How Many Anxious Kids in Community Mental Health Would Be Eligible for an RCT? And Does It Matter? Insights from a Naturalistic Sample and a Non-Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Using computational models of learning to advance cognitive behavioral therapy.Communications psychology · 2025Review
- Personality Dimensions of Subjects With Aviophobia: A Case-Control Comparison With Frequent Fliers.Cureus · 2025Article
- Combined Fainting and Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures as Significant Therapy Hurdles in Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia: A Mini-Review and Case Report.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Specific phobia is highly prevalent worldwide. Although the body of intervention studies is expanding, there is a lack of reviews that summarise recent progress and discuss the challenges and direction of research in this area. Hence, this rapid review seeks to systematically evaluate the available evidence in the last five years in the treatment of specific phobias in adults. Studies published between January 2014 to December 2019 were identified through searches on the electronic databases of Medline and PsychINFO. In total, 33 studies were included. Evidence indicates that psychotherapy, and in particular cognitive behaviour therapy, when implemented independently or as an adjunctive, is a superior intervention with large effect sizes. Technology-assisted therapies seem to have a beneficial effect on alleviating fears and are described to be more tolerable than
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