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Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment of Specific Phobias in Children and Adolescents

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In this chapter, we review evidence-based assessment and treatment for specific phobias in children and adolescents (hereafter referred as children unless otherwise specified). For far too many years, the assessment and treatment of these disorders, and other childhood disorders, have been guided not by evidence but by particular theories, independent of the evidentiary support for them. In this chapter, we illustrate assessment and treatment practices that “work” and that have an ever-evolving evidence base for their use in clinical practice. In doing so, we hope to not only advance our understanding of specific phobias in children and their families but also to identify and promulgate effective interventions.

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  1. Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA, Blacksburg, USA

    Thomas H. Ollendick Ph.D

  2. Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    Thompson E. III Davis

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    Thompson E. Davis III

  2. Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 24060, Virginia, USA

    Thomas H. Ollendick

  3. Dept. Psychology, Stockholm University, Frescati Hagväg 8, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden

    Lars-Göran Öst

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Ollendick, T.H., Davis, T.E. (2012). Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment of Specific Phobias in Children and Adolescents. In: Davis III, T., Ollendick, T., Öst, LG. (eds) Intensive One-Session Treatment of Specific Phobias. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3253-1_3

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