Journal article
Anxiety Induced by Flooding Therapy for Phobias Does Not Elicit Prolactin Secretory Response*
Abstract
Eight subjects with severe phobias to insects and small animals had blood samples taken for measurement of prolactin concentration at regular intervals during five sessions of 3 hr duration each. Severe anxiety was induced by treating the phobia with in vivo flooding during the middle hour of the third and fourth sessions. Despite intense anxiety experienced by the subjects, they showed no change in plasma prolactin levels.
Authors
Nesse RM; Curtis GC; Brown GM; Rubin RT
Journal
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 25–31
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 1980
DOI
10.1097/00006842-198001000-00003
ISSN
2998-8748