A03

• What is one strength of flooding in therapy?

  It is highly cost-effective.
• What does clinical effectiveness refer to in therapy?

  How effective a therapy is at tackling symptoms.
• What is a therapy considered if it is clinically effective and not expensive?

  Cost-effective.
• How many sessions can flooding work in compared to SD?

  As little as one session.
• How long might a flooding session last?

  Perhaps three hours.
• What does the cost-effectiveness of flooding allow in terms of treatment?

  More people can be treated at the same cost.
• What is one limitation of flooding?

  It is a highly unpleasant experience.
• What does confronting a phobic stimulus in flooding provoke?

  Tremendous anxiety.
• How did Sarah Schumacher et al. (2015) rate flooding compared to SD?

  More stressful than SD.
• What ethical issue arises from the use of flooding?

  Causing stress to clients.
• What is necessary to mitigate the ethical issue of causing stress in flooding?

  Obtaining informed consent.
• What does the traumatic nature of flooding lead to in terms of therapy?

  Higher attrition (dropout) rates than SD.
• What might therapists do due to the higher dropout rates associated with flooding?

  Avoid using this treatment.