Editing Phobia (section)

===Therapy===
[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment that can help with phobias. It is a talk therapy that can be used alone or along with other therapies. CBT is there to help manage stressful situations and respond better. This therapy requires the person to be honest with themselves and confront their feelings and phobias.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Paquette |first1=Vincent |last2=Lévesque |first2=Johanne |last3=Mensour |first3=Boualem |last4=Leroux |first4=Jean-Maxime |last5=Beaudoin |first5=Gilles |last6=Bourgouin |first6=Pierre |last7=Beauregard |first7=Mario |date=2003-02-01 |title="Change the mind and you change the brain": effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the neural correlates of spider phobia |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811902000307 |journal=NeuroImage |language=en |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=401–409 |doi=10.1016/S1053-8119(02)00030-7 |pmid=12595193 |s2cid=10113900 |issn=1053-8119}}</ref>

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be beneficial by allowing the person to challenge dysfunctional thoughts or beliefs by being mindful of their feelings to recognize that their fear is irrational. CBT may occur in a group setting. Gradual desensitization treatment and CBT are often successful, provided the person is willing to endure some discomfort.<ref name="wolpe">{{cite journal | vauthors = Wolpe J | title = Psychotherapy by reciprocal inhibition | journal = Conditional Reflex | volume = 3 | issue = 4 | pages = 234–240 | year = 1958 | pmid = 5712667 | doi = 10.1007/BF03000093 | s2cid = 46015274 }}</ref> In one clinical trial, 90% of people no longer had a phobic reaction after successful CBT treatment.<ref name="wolpe" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Foa EB, Blau JS, Prout M, Latimer P | title = Is horror a necessary component of flooding (implosion)? | journal = Behaviour Research and Therapy | volume = 15 | issue = 5 | pages = 397–402 | year = 1977 | pmid = 612340 | doi = 10.1016/0005-7967(77)90043-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Craske M, Antony MM, Barlow DH | title = Mastering your fears and phobias | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2006 | location = US | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ndcxMZ7NEcsC&q=Foa;+Blau,+J.+S.,+Prout,+M.,+%26+Latimer,+P.+(1977).+%22Is+horror+a+necessary+component+of+flooding+(implosion)%3F%22 | isbn = 978-0-19-518917-9 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Eysenck H | title = You and Neurosis | year = 1977 }}</ref> Research in the UK has suggested that for childhood phobias a single session of CBT can be effective.<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Fischer K |date=2023-04-13 |title=CBT for phobias: one-session treatment is effective |url=https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/one-session-cbt-treatment-effective-for-young-people-with-phobias/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=NIHR Evidence |doi=10.3310/nihrevidence_57627 |s2cid=258149486 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wright B, Tindall L, Scott AJ, Lee E, Biggs K, Cooper C, Bee P, Wang HI, Gega L, Hayward E, Solaiman K, Teare MD, Davis T, Lovell K, Wilson J, McMillan D, Barr A, Edwards H, Lomas J, Turtle C, Parrott S, Teige C, Chater T, Hargate R, Ali S, Parkinson S, Gilbody S, Marshall D | display-authors = 6 | title = One-session treatment compared with multisession CBT in children aged 7-16 years with specific phobias: the ASPECT non-inferiority RCT | language = EN | journal = Health Technology Assessment | volume = 26 | issue = 42 | pages = 1–174 | date = October 2022 | pmid = 36318050 | doi = 10.3310/IBCT0609 | pmc = 9638885 }}</ref>

Evidence supports that [[eye movement desensitization and reprocessing]] (EMDR) is effective in treating some phobias.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Valiente-Gómez A, Moreno-Alcázar A, Treen D, Cedrón C, Colom F, Pérez V, Amann BL | title = EMDR beyond PTSD: A Systematic Literature Review | journal = Frontiers in Psychology | volume = 8 | pages = 1668 | date = 2017-09-26 | pmid = 29018388 | pmc = 5623122 | doi = 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01668 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Its effectiveness in treating complex or trauma-related phobias has not been empirically established.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Triscari MT, Faraci P, Catalisano D, D'Angelo V, Urso V | title = Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy integrated with systematic desensitization, cognitive behavioral therapy combined with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy combined with virtual reality exposure therapy methods in the treatment of flight anxiety: a randomized trial | journal = Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment | volume = 11 | pages = 2591–2598 | date = 2015 | pmid = 26504391 | pmc = 4605250 | doi = 10.2147/ndt.s93401 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Primarily used to treat [[post-traumatic stress disorder]], EMDR has been demonstrated to ease phobia symptoms following a specific trauma, such as a fear of dogs following a dog bite.<ref>{{Cite journal| vauthors = De Jongh A, ten Broeke E |date=2007|title=Treatment of Specific Phobias With EMDR: Conceptualization and Strategies for the Selection of Appropriate Memories|journal=Journal of EMDR Practice and Research|volume=1|issue=1|pages=46–56|doi=10.1891/1933-3196.1.1.46|s2cid=219207280|issn=1933-3196|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = De Jongh A, Ten Broeke E, Renssen MR | title = Treatment of specific phobias with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): protocol, empirical status, and conceptual issues | journal = Journal of Anxiety Disorders | volume = 13 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 69–85 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10225501 | doi = 10.1016/S0887-6185(98)00040-1 }}</ref>