Multicomponent treatment for blood-injury-injection phobia in a young man with mental retardation

Res Dev Disabil. 2001 Mar-Apr;22(2):141-9. doi: 10.1016/s0891-4222(01)00063-4.

Abstract

Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia (BIIP) is a subtype of specific phobia, characterized by fear and avoidance of seeing blood, an injury, or receiving an injection. In the current case report, we describe the treatment of BIIP in a young man with mental retardation. The multicomponent treatment consisted of fading (graduated exposure), modeling, noncontingent and differential reinforcement, presession anxiolytic medication, and topical analgesic cream.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood
  • Extinction, Psychological / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Injections
  • Intellectual Disability / complications*
  • Male
  • Phobic Disorders / complications*
  • Phobic Disorders / rehabilitation*
  • Token Economy
  • Wounds and Injuries