BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF CHOKING PHOBIA IN AN ADOLESCENT - AN EXPERIMENTAL-ANALYSIS

A multiple baseline approach across foods was used to evaluate an expo sure-based treatment for choking phobia in a 13-year-old girl. Followi ng 14 sessions, the patient demonstrated substantially reduced self-re ported, observer-rated, and parent-reported anxiety, increased eating rate and bite size, and increased variety of food intake. Clinical dia gnoses present at pretreatment were not present at posttreatment at a clinical level. These gains were maintained at a 9-month fellow-up ass essment. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.