Abstract
Efficacious psychological treatments for specific phobias. The effects of the most researched treatments for specific phobias are reviewed. Several studies show convergent conclusions: the exposure therapy appear to be the most effective ones. Cognitive-behavioral interventions and the virtual reality exposure therapy are, also, effective. The pharmacolog ical treatments had no effect and the combination of the different types of therapies does not appear to improve the effects of cognitive-behavioral interventions for specific phobia.
