Brett Deacon
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Recent Articles
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Reid A, Guzick A, Fernandez A, Deacon B, McNamara J, Geffken G, et al.
J Anxiety Disord
. 2018 Jun;
58:8-17.
PMID: 29929139
Exposure therapy is a highly effective, evidence-based treatment technique for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Regardless, therapists in the community are reported to use exposure relatively rarely compared with...
2.
McKay D, Abramovitch A, Abramowitz J, Deacon B
Am J Psychiatry
. 2017 Jun;
174(6):597.
PMID: 28565955
No abstract available.
3.
Deacon B, Kemp J, Dixon L, Sy J, Farrell N, Zhang A
Behav Res Ther
. 2013 Jul;
51(9):588-96.
PMID: 23872701
Cognitive-behavioral treatments for panic disorder (PD) emphasize interoceptive exposure (IE) to target anxiety sensitivity (AS) but vary considerably in its manner of delivery. This randomized controlled trial was conducted to...
4.
McKibbin C, Deacon B
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
. 2011 Aug;
19(10):835-8.
PMID: 21876425
No abstract available.
5.
Olatunji B, Etzel E, Tomarken A, Ciesielski B, Deacon B
Behav Res Ther
. 2011 Aug;
49(11):719-28.
PMID: 21839987
The present study examined the extent to which safety behaviors exacerbate symptoms of hypochondriasis (severe health anxiety). Participants were randomized into a safety behavior (n=30) or control condition (n=30). After...
6.
Deacon B, Maack D
Behav Res Ther
. 2008 Mar;
46(4):537-47.
PMID: 18313031
The strategies used by anxious individuals to prevent feared outcomes, known as safety behaviors, are thought to maintain pathological anxiety by preventing the disconfirmation of inaccurate threat beliefs. However, it...
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Deacon B
Behav Modif
. 2007 Aug;
31(5):595-615.
PMID: 17699120
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a highly effective treatment for panic disorder. However, few patients have access to this treatment, particularly those living in rural areas. In a pilot study, the...
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Taylor S, Zvolensky M, Cox B, Deacon B, Heimberg R, Ledley D, et al.
Psychol Assess
. 2007 Jun;
19(2):176-88.
PMID: 17563199
Accumulating evidence suggests that anxiety sensitivity (fear of arousal-related sensations) plays an important role in many clinical conditions, particularly anxiety disorders. Research has increasingly focused on how the basic dimensions...
9.
McKay D, Abramowitz J, Taylor S, Deacon B
Am J Psychiatry
. 2007 Jun;
164(6):976-7.
PMID: 17541063
No abstract available.
10.
Deacon B, Olatunji B
Behav Res Ther
. 2007 May;
45(9):2110-20.
PMID: 17481576
This study examined the specificity of disgust sensitivity in predicting contamination-related anxiety and behavioral avoidance. Participants high (n=26) and low (n=30) in contamination fear completed self-report measures of disgust sensitivity,...