Cognitive Behaviour Therapy For Dental Phobia And Anxiety

The first book to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia using brief CBT, based on the pioneering single-session treatment for specific phobias developed by Lars-Goran Ost.

• Brings together research, experience and techniques from clinical psychology and dentistry to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia in clinical and dental contexts
• Chapters describe epidemiology, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, symptoms, clinical characteristics and consequences, and aetiology of dental phobia
• Also covers related issues including intra-oral injection phobia, dental treatment of fearful children, and the use of medication to supplement psychological treatment of fear

Lars-Goran Ost is Professor and Chair of Clinical Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Considered the pioneer of one-day phobia treatment, he is a regular keynote speaker at major CBT conferences and has lectured at universities worldwide. He is a former editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Behavioural Psychotherapy, and serves on the editorial boards of Behaviour Research and Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Applied and Preventative Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, Behaviour Therapy, and Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Erik Skaret is Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences in Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oslo. He has many years of experience with research and psychological treatment of dental phobia and intra-oral injection phobia based on CBT. Other research areas are prevention of dental anxiety and avoidance of dental care in children and adolescents. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.