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Multimodal Behavioral Treatment of Recurrent Injury-Scene-Elicited Fainting (Vasodepressor Syncope)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Michael J. Kozak  and
George K. Montgomery
Michael J. Kozak
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
George K. Montgomery
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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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.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 1981 , pp. 316 - 321
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1981

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