AO3: Flooding

Cards (2)

  • Strength: Cost-effective
    What? Highly cost-effective
    Who? Flooding can work in one session, even longer sessions are cost-effective
    Why? Treated at same cost as systematic desensitisation
  • Limitation: Traumatic
    What? Highly unpleasant
    Who? Schumacher et al. - more stressful than systematic desensitisation - protection from harm a problem (solved with informed consent) + attrition rates higher
    Why? Avoided therapy