1. Whatever happened to specific phobias? The significant contribution of Lars Goran Öst to specific phobia research and treatment Graham C L Davey University of Sussex, UK

2. The 3-Stage Journey Searching & Researching o Study it if it moves, and study it if it doesn’t move o Researching the Range of Specific Phobias (1978 to 1992) Developing the Treatment (1989 to 1996) o Bankrupting the therapists Understanding Everything o From Therapist behaviour to Quality of Life

3. Snakes & Spiders 1978 FADING vs SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION IN THE TREATMENT OF SNAKE AND SPIDER PHOBIA

4. Thunder & Lightning 1978 BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING PHOBIAS

5. Claustrophobia 1982 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE PATTERNS AND THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT BEHAVIORAL METHODS IN THE TREATMENT OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA

6. Agoraphobia 1983 ACQUISITION OF AGORAPHOBIA, MODE OF ONSET AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS

7. Blood Phobia 1984 PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES IN BLOOD PHOBICS

8. Dental Phobia 1985 ACQUISITION OF BLOOD AND DENTAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS IN CLINICAL PATIENTS

9. Choking Phobia 1992 COGNITIVE THERAPY IN A CASE OF CHOKING PHOBIA

10. Flying Phobia 1997 ONE VERSUS FIVE SESSIONS OF EXPOSURE IN THE TREATMENT OF FLYING PHOBIA

11. Öst & Hugdahl 1981 ACQUISITION OF PHOBIAS AND ANXIETY RESPONSE PATTERNS IN CLINICAL PATIENTS

12. Age of Onset 1987 Age of Onset in Different Phobias

13. Bankrupting the Phobia Therapists 1989 ONE-SESSION TREATMENT FOR SPECIFIC PHOBIAS

14. Teaching the Children 1991

15. 1 vs. 5 Sessions 1992

16. …A further turn of the screw… 1996 ONE-SESSION GROUP TREATMENT OF SPIDER PHOBIA

17. … And a final turn of the screw 1998 A clinical study of spider phobia: prediction of outcome after self-help and therapist-directed treatments

18. Understanding Everything 1996 PREDICTION OF OUTCOME IN THE TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PHOBIA. A CROSS VALIDATION STUDY o Diastolic Blood-pressure at pre-test o Treatment Credibility

19. Therapist Behaviour 1997 Therapist behavior during one-session exposure treatment of spider phobia: Individual vs group setting

20. Phobia Comorbidity 2010 Comorbidity in youth with specific phobias: Impact of comorbidity on treatment outcome and the impact of treatment on comorbid disorders

21. Quality of Life 2012 Quality-of-life before and after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in patients with intra-oral injection phobia

22. Why has phobia research had such a low profile recently No Living to be Made in Phobias Therapy Any More o 1-session group treatment o Self-help manual o We await the App! Lars-Goran Öst has studied all the Specific Phobias o We need to Invent some more!