Lynn Malcolm
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10,377 appearances
177 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2006
last heard Dec 2020
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So it's important that phobias are treated so they don't extend well into adult life.
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Adam Guastella remembers one man in his eighties who came to him for help with his social phobia.
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And so he had that treatment really late in his life.
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What sort of treatment was that?
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Here's how his treatment process would be applied to someone with a spiderphobia.
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The amount of time this treatment takes varies, and there is a way to fast track this process, though it's not ideal for everyone.
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Adam Guastella.
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You do it more gradually.
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And are there any medications or anything else to assist the process of treatment?
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But Adam Guastella recommends cognitive behavioural therapy as the best and most effective treatment approach for phobias.
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He knows this from personal experience as he had a phobia himself when he was a postdoc student.
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And you gradually introduced yourself to the spiders, is that right?
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Letting your friends go.
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So what do you think is the most important area of research to be done in this field now in the future?
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Professor Adam Guastella, who's the Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health at the Brain and Mind Centre at Sydney University.
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If you've been disturbed by anything you've heard in today's programme, call Lifeline on 131114 and head to the All in the Mind website where we'll put links to further support.
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Thanks to producer Diane Dean and sound engineer Joe Wallace.
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I'm Lynn Malcolm.
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It's great to have your company.
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Catch you next time.
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