P: Research has found that SD is successful for a range of phobias.
E: McGrath reported that about 75% of patients with phobias respond to SD. The key to success appears to lie with actual contact with the feared stimulus, so in vivo techniques are more successful than ones just using pictures or imagining the feared stimulus. Often a number of different exposure techniques are involved
L: This demonstrates the effectiveness of SD, but also the value of using a range of different exposure techniques.
