Flooding

Question 1

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Answer 1

• the patient is immediately exposed to their most feared stimulus and must stay in its presence
• the will experience high levels of anxiety and panic they are unable to avoid the stimulus. They remain exposed to it until yeh anxiety response is exhausted/ feel calm and starts to decrease
• this lasts around 2-3 hours until the patients anxiety eventually disappears
• this is known as extinction and the patient learns that the phobic stimulus is harmless

Question 2

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Answer 2

A strength of flooding as a treatment of phobias is that it’s highly cost effective