ANXIETY/DEPRESSION/PHOBIAS

Professor Edelmann has for many years undertaken research relating to fears, phobias and the anxiety disorders.  He is a patron of Anxiety UK (http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/). Typical assessments in relation to medico-legal work include the development of specific fears (e.g. travel anxiety) subsequent to trauma and, with regard to criminal cases, alleged needle/injection phobias following failure to provide a blood sample.  In relation to the latter he has given evidence in Magistrates and Crown Courts.

Examples of publications of relevance include:

• Edelmann, R. J. (1992).  Anxiety: Research, Theory and Intervention in Clinical and Health Psychology.  Chichester: John Wiley.  Published in paperback 1995.
• Cultural Clinical Psychology Study Group. (2003). Phobic anxiety in 11 nations Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 461-479.