Journal
ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 259-265Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-009-0126-x
Keywords
Anxiety; Blood- and injection phobia; Cognitive behavior group therapy; Depression; Pregnancy
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- Health Research Council in the South East of Sweden
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Around 7% of pregnant women suffer from blood- and injection phobia. The aim was to investigate if cognitive behavior group therapy (CBT) is effective in treating pregnant women's blood- and injection phobia. Thirty pregnant women with blood- and injection phobia according to DSM-IV took part in an open treatment intervention. A two-session cognitive behavior group therapy was conducted. As controls, 46 pregnant women with untreated blood- and injection phobia and 70 healthy pregnant women were used. Repeated measures ANOVA were performed. The scores for the CBT treatment group on the Injection Phobia Scale-Anxiety were reduced both after each treatment session and postpartum (p < 0.001). Anxiety and depressive symptoms were also reduced (p < 0.001). Cognitive-behavior group therapy for pregnant women with blood- and injection phobia is effective and stable up to at least 3 months postpartum. It seems also to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy.
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