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Proposed Changes

Change 1: There are a variety of treatment options available for specific phobias, primarily focusing on psychosocial intervention.

Change 2: Studies suggest that different psychological treatments have varying levels of effect depending on the specific phobia being addressed.

Change 3: CBT represents the gold standard and first line of therapy in Specific phobias. CBT is effective in treating specific phobias, this is done by focusing on the factors that impact an individual's anxiety.

Rationale for Proposed Change

1: Changed: “Specific phobia treatments are based on gradually exposing the person to the feared stimuli.”

To: “There are a variety of treatment options available for specific phobias, primarily focusing on psychosocial intervention.”

Because the original point is non-factual, as not all specific phobia treatments are based on gradual exposure - also known as exposure therapy. For example, CBT therapy is not a type of exposure therapy used for specific phobia that works to create tools for addressing and overcoming your specific phobia.

2: We added the line: “Studies suggest that different psychological treatments have varying levels of effect depending on the specific phobia being addressed.”

To highlight and clarify that no single therapy is the most appropriate for everyone who suffers from a specific phobia.

3: Changed: “Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a short term, skills-focused therapy that aims to help people diffuse unhelpful emotional responses by helping people consider them differently or change their behavior, is effective in treating specific phobias.”

To: “Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a short term, skills-focused therapy that aims to help people diffuse unhelpful emotional responses by helping people consider them differently or change their behavior. CBT represents the gold standard and first line of therapy in Specific phobias. CBT is effective in treating specific phobias, this is done by dissociating the factors that impact an individual's anxiety to increase adaptive behavioural practices.”

We made this change to ensure that any reader can understand how cognitive behavioural therapy works to treat a specific phobia.

Critique of Sources

Source 1: David, D., Cristea, I., & Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is the Current Gold Standard of Psychotherapy. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00004

Critique for this source: This source is an excellent evidence based source that describes how cognitive behavioural therapy treatment works, however it is described as a treatment for all psychotherapy and not just specifically explaining its effectiveness for specific phobia.

​​Source 2: Katzman MA, Bleau P, Blier P, Chokka P, Kjernisted K, Van Ameringen M. Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders [Internet]. BMC Psychiatry. BioMed Central; 2014 [cited 2021Nov1]. Available from: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-244X-14-S1-S1

Critique for this source: The source is not within five years as specified by Wikipedia Medicine standards, however it is the most up to date Clinical Practice Guidelines and was approved by our tutor.