A clinician’s quick guide to evidence-based approaches: emetophobia (specific phobia of vomiting)

ABSTRACT

Emetophobia (a specific phobia of vomiting) is a chronic and disabling anxiety disorder. The current article reviews current conceptual models of the disorder. A list of assessment methods are described, and an evidence-based series of treatment components for use in formulation-based interventions are reviewed.

KEYWORDS:

• Cognitive behaviour therapy
• emetophobia
• phobia
• specific phobia of vomiting

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Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed in this study.