Children, young people and families, Health and wellbeing, Mental health, Stress and anxiety
Good Practice Guidelines: Evidence-based Guidelines for the Management of Invasive and/or Distressing Procedures with Children
These guidelines are based on the premise that 'needle phobia' is uncommon and an inappropriate term for the distress and/or anxiety experienced by children/young people when subject to invasive procedures.
01 March 2010
These guidelines are based on the premise that 'needle phobia' is uncommon and an inappropriate term for the distress and/or anxiety experienced by children/young people when subject to invasive procedures. Fear is a normal response to a threatening stimulus that involves three response systems (physiological arousal, covert feelings and thoughts and overt behavioural expressions).