tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post2390041758313751690..comments2024-03-14T23:52:09.893-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Exposure Therapy for Hungry Elevator PhobicsThe Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-78687750950271623622011-03-16T01:41:24.188-07:002011-03-16T01:41:24.188-07:00Emmy - Claustrophobia is probably the greatest fac...Emmy - Claustrophobia is probably the greatest factor in most cases of elevator phobia, because of the fear of getting trapped and being unable to escape.<br /><br />Michelle - This quote is telling: <br /><br /><i>To apply this technique to <b>clinical subjects</b></i> [as opposed to animals] <i>has generally been considered "unthinkable".</i><br /><br />It's most unfortunate that children with autism weren't put on the same level as the "clinical subjects".The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-63599508367769328762011-03-15T18:11:02.394-07:002011-03-15T18:11:02.394-07:00Not phobias, but extreme food deprivation has been...Not phobias, but extreme food deprivation <a href="http://autismcrisis.blogspot.com/2006/11/verbatim-dr-lovaas-diet.html" rel="nofollow">has been used as an early autism treatment</a>, with very young children. <br /><br />You can find a 1970s use of extreme food deprivation at UCLA <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Alone-Karl-Taro-Greenfeld/dp/0061136662" rel="nofollow">reported in this book</a>. Lovaas' reported recommendation was 36hrs of food and liquid deprivation for a 4yr old. The purpose was to make the child "hungry and desperate enough to do anything for food." Instead the child got very sick, threw up bile, and was too tired and listless to work for his food. <br /><br />Another book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Autism-Tragedy-Triumph-Carol-Johnson/dp/0828319650/" rel="nofollow"> reports in passing</a> the use of routine food deprivation as autism treatment by Lovaas at UCLA, within the most famous autism study ever. <br /><br />To my knowledge there has never been any criticism of this kind of practice published in any journal.Michelle Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11279402169161555639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-34820244481202153142011-03-15T12:05:34.173-07:002011-03-15T12:05:34.173-07:00Nice. I wonder if this phobia is similar to that o...Nice. I wonder if this phobia is similar to that of flying, where (from what I understand) it is several phobias wrapped into one, e.g. claustrophobia, fear of heights and all that. The recent grim findings I've read say that the plane-phobia patient's only recourse is to take a mind-bending cocktail of drugs in order to get over it.Emmyhttp://emmiscafe.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-58301457188671993852011-03-15T04:06:05.143-07:002011-03-15T04:06:05.143-07:00Fascinating case.Fascinating case.Irvannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120575483061485537noreply@blogger.com