Multimodal Behavioral Treatment of Recurrent Injury-Scene-Elicited Fainting (Vasodepressor Syncope)
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Vol. 9 (4) , 316-321
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0141347300008053
Abstract
The known physiological and cognitive characteristics of vasodepressor syncope were accounted for in the development of an effective multimodal behavioral treatment for recurrent injury-scene-elicited fainting. Skeletal muscle tensing was employed as an immediate coping response to prevent fainting in situ, while cognitive–attentional retraining with graded exposure was employed to modify maladaptive cognitions.Keywords
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