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1
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What is it important for with patients who undergo flooding?

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they give fully informed consent and they are fully prepared as it could cause psychological distress

2
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What does research show about the effectiveness of systematic desensitisation?

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it is effective in the treatment of specific phobias

3
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What did Gill Roy et all 2003 follow up?

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42 patients who had been treated for spider phobias in 345 minute sessions of SD

4
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How was spider phobias measured in Gill Roy et al 2003?

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questionnaires and assessing responses to spiders

5
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What did Gill Roy et al 2003 use?

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a control group who were treated by relaxation without exposure

6
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What did Gill Roy et al 2003 find at 3 and 33 months and what does it show?

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after the treatment, the SD group were less fearful than the relaxation group - strength as it shows that SD is helpful in reducing phobias

7
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What is a limitation of SD and flooding?(differences)

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it’s not well suited to some patients and everyone acts differently

8
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What could learning difficulties do?

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make it harder for patients to understand what is happening during treatments

9
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Which treatment do patients prefer?

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SD as it doesn’t cause the same degree of trauma as flooding

10
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Why is flooding cost-effective?

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studies have compared flooding to cog therapy and found flooding is effective and takes less time therefore more cost-effective

11
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Why is flooding less effective for complex phobias?

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as they have cognitive aspects - irrational thinking

12
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What is the most serious concern with flooding?

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it involves a traumatic experience for patients - ethically wrong - time and money wasted if patients refuse