Therapy for the nervous commissioned in Midlands
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- Published: Friday, 18 May 2012 11:51
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NHS Worcestershire has commissioned therapy for the estimated 12 per cent of its population who have some kind of phobia of going to the dentists. The plans involve teaching cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) sometimes called ‘a talking therapy’ to dental nurses which helps patients tackle their phobia so they can be more at ease at their family dentist. |
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They are planning to get a cognitive behavioural psychologist to train three nurses over the summer how to apply CBT to patients at a specialist location to “reduce dental phobia in severely anxious/phobic dental patients”.
Nigel Crew, dental commissioning manager at NHS Worcestershire, said some patients at the severe end of the scale were petrified of going to the dentist. He said: “Sedation can take the form of relative analgesia, intravenous sedation and general anaesthesia.” The aim is to provide a specialist service which complements general dentistry.
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