Medical Avoidance and Anxiety in Subtypes of Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig N. Sawchuk ◽  
Suzanne A. Meunier ◽  
Jeffrey M. Lohr ◽  
David F. Tolin
Keyword(s):  
Injection Injury ◽  
Blood Injection ◽  
Blood Injection Injury Phobia

Examination of the decline in fear and disgust during exposure to threat-relevant stimuli in blood–injection–injury phobia

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bunmi O. Olatunji ◽  
Jasper A.J. Smits ◽  
Kevin Connolly ◽  
Jeffrey Willems ◽  
Jeffrey M. Lohr
Keyword(s):  
Injection Injury ◽  
Blood Injection ◽  
Blood Injection Injury Phobia

The epidemiology of blood-injection-injury phobia

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1129-1136 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. JOSEPH BIENVENU ◽  
WILLIAM W. EATON
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
General Health ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Injection Injury ◽  
Blood Injection ◽  
Psychiatric Conditions ◽  
Blood Injection Injury Phobia

Background. We report the prevalence, clinical characteristics, frequency of mental health treatment, demographic correlates, frequency of co-morbid psychiatric conditions, and general health ramifications of DSM-IV blood-injection-injury phobia in the general population.Method. The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (version III-R), which included questions on blood-injection-injury phobia, was administered to 1920 subjects in the Baltimore ECA Follow-up Study.Results. The estimated unweighted lifetime prevalence of blood-injection-injury phobia was 3·5%. The median age of onset was 5·5 years; 78% had had symptoms within the last 6 months. Subjects with blood-injection-injury phobia (cases) had higher lifetime histories of fainting and seizures than those without (non-cases). None reported seeking mental health treatment specifically for phobia. Prevalences were lower in the elderly and higher in females and persons with less education. Cases had significantly higher than expected lifetime prevalences of other psychiatric conditions, including marijuana abuse/dependence, major depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia and other simple phobia. Cases and non-cases did not differ with regard to usual health-care settings, regular care for specific medical conditions, numbers of out-patient visits or hospitalizations, or previous general anaesthesia or live births. However, diabetics with blood-injection-injury phobia had higher than expected rates of macrovascular complications.Conclusion. Blood-injection-injury phobia is common, especially in females and those with less education, and it is associated with several co-morbid psychiatric conditions. No strong, broad general health ramifications of this phobia are apparent. However, diabetics with this phobia appear at particular risk for complications; this deserves further study.

Patterns of Response and Remission Following a One-Session Treatment for Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia in Youth

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella L. Oar ◽  
Lara J. Farrell ◽  
Elizabeth G. Conlon ◽  
Allison M. Waters ◽  
Thomas H. Ollendick
Keyword(s):  
Injection Injury ◽  
Blood Injection ◽  
Blood Injection Injury Phobia

IS DENTAL PHOBIA A BLOOD-INJECTION-INJURY PHOBIA?

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1026-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.M.H.H. van Houtem ◽  
I.H.A. Aartman ◽  
D.I. Boomsma ◽  
L. Ligthart ◽  
C.M. Visscher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injection Injury ◽  
Dental Phobia ◽  
Blood Injection ◽  
Blood Injection Injury Phobia

scholarly journals EMDR for children with medically related subthreshold PTSD: short-term effects on PTSD, blood-injection-injury phobia, depression and sleep

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1705598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya G. Meentken ◽  
Malindi van der Mheen ◽  
Ingrid M. van Beynum ◽  
Elisabeth W. C. Aendekerk ◽  
Jeroen S. Legerstee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Term ◽  
Injection Injury ◽  
Blood Injection ◽  
Blood Injection Injury Phobia ◽  
Short Term Effects

scholarly journals Blood-injection-injury phobia in older adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beyon Miloyan ◽  
William W. Eaton
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Epidemiological Survey ◽  
Specific Phobia ◽  
Injection Injury ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Significance ◽  
Blood Injection ◽  
Blood Injection Injury Phobia ◽  
Nationally Representative

ABSTRACTBackground:This study aims to (i) estimate the prevalence of blood-injection-injury phobia (BIIP) diagnosed as present at any time during the life prior to the interview, with or without another Specific Phobia diagnosed as present during the 12 months prior to the interview, (ii) characterize types and frequencies of co-occurring fears, (iii) evaluate the association with chronic medical conditions and lifetime psychiatric comorbidity, and (iv) explore medical service use associations in a nationally representative sample of older adults.Methods:A sample of 8,205 older adults, aged 65 years or older, was derived from Wave 1 of the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC).Results:The weighted lifetime prevalence of BIIP with and without 12-month Specific Phobia was 0.6% (95% CI: 0.4–0.8) and 4.2% (95% CI: 3.7–4.8), respectively, and these two groups ranked similarly in terms of sociodemographic, health, and psychiatric characteristics. BIIP most frequently co-occurred with other lifetime fears, and was positively associated with hypertension and lifetime history of anxiety and personality disorders after controlling for sociodemographic and psychiatric confounders.Conclusions:Our findings suggest that lifetime BIIP may bear mental and physical health significance in older adults.

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