ABSTRACT

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has the strongest evidentiary support for the treatment of panic disorder. Specifically, interoceptive exposure (IE) has been found to be a critical component in the research literature. International studies have suggested that psychologists often avoid undertaking IE or do so in ways not consistent with evidence-based practice.

Objective

This study investigated whether this was true within an Australian and New Zealand context.

Method

A sample of 164 participants was included in an analysis of treatment modalities employed, exposure therapy implementation practices, use of other arousal reduction strategies and psychometric measures, negative beliefs regarding exposure therapy, general risk orientation, and self-reported actual treatment outcomes.

Results

Results revealed a wide variety of treatment models and implementation of exposure therapy techniques, influenced by widespread negative beliefs about exposure therapy which were significantly positively correlated with lower success rates in treatment outcomes.

Conclusions

The findings highlight the need for further research into the quality of current training methodologies, supervision practices, and ongoing professional development standards for exposure therapy techniques in the Australian and New Zealand contexts.

中文翻译：

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澳大利亚和新西兰心理学家对治疗师指导的恐慌症暴露的看法和使用

摘要

认知行为疗法 (CBT) 对恐慌症的治疗具有最强的证据支持。具体而言，已发现内感受暴露 (IE) 是研究文献中的关键组成部分。国际研究表明，心理学家经常避免进行 IE 或以与循证实践不一致的方式这样做。

客观的

这项研究调查了在澳大利亚和新西兰的情况下这是否属实。

方法

164 名参与者的样本被纳入对所采用的治疗方式、暴露疗法实施实践、其他唤醒减少策略和心理测量措施的使用、对暴露疗法的负面信念、一般风险导向和自我报告的实际治疗结果的分析。

结果

结果揭示了各种各样的治疗模型和暴露疗法技术的实施，受到对暴露疗法的广泛负面信念的影响，这些负面信念与治疗结果的较低成功率显着正相关。

结论

研究结果强调需要进一步研究澳大利亚和新西兰环境中暴露治疗技术的当前培训方法、监督实践和正在进行的专业发展标准的质量。