AO3 Treating Phobias

• Supportive evidence

  • Gilroy examined 42 patients with arachnophobia using 3 45min SD sessions, examined after 3 months, found less fearful than control group (relaxation techniques only)
• Supportive evidence

  SD criticised for symptom substitution, lower effectiveness, Persons 'cure one and another may appear'
• SD procedure

  Easier than flooding, work up anxiety hierarchy, relaxed state, own pace
• SD procedure

  • McGrath 75% responded to SD, strong empirical support
• SD procedure

  Not effective for anxieties with underlying survival component (Ohman)
• Flooding

  Wolpe successful with girl scared of cars, cost-effective and quicker than SD, get same result, cheaper for health services who don't have large fund
• Flooding

  Ethics, traumatic, Wolpe lead to hospitalisation
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  • Gilroy support and counter with Pearson's symptom substitution
  • SD easier procedure, McGrath 75% response, counter with Ohman underlying survival component of anxieties
  • Wolpe success of flooding, cost-effective and quick and counter with ethical issues, lead to hospitalisation