Multicomponent Treatment For Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia In A Young Man With Mental Retardation

Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia (BIIP) is a subtype of specific phobia, characterized by fear and avoidance of seeing blood, an injury, or receiving an injection. In the current case report, we describe the treatment of BIIP in a young man with mental retardation. The multicomponent treatment consisted of fading (graduated exposure), modeling, noncontingent and differential reinforcement. presession anxiolytic medication, and topical analgesic cream. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.