Implosive therapy

Implosive therapy

Imagery and the Treatment of Phobic Disorders

Published in Anees A. Sheikh, Imagination and Healing, 2019

An important dimension of implosion therapy is the length of time the patient remains exposed to the imagined fear stimulus. Continuous exposure during flooding has garnered more support than distributed exposure [78]. In a literature review, Levis and Hare found that flooding for at least 100-minute intervals is characteristically found in reports of successful implosion therapy [79]. One might reason that short and distributed exposure trials interrupt the intensity of the patient’s imagery and subsequently interfere with his/her therapeutic immersion into affect [80].

Interventions for Transitioning Adolescents with ADHD to Emerging Adulthood: Developmental Context and Empirically-Supported Treatment Principles

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Published in Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2019

Patrick A. LaCount, Cynthia M. Hartung, Will H. Canu, Laura E. Knouse

Knouse and Safren (2014) suggested the issue with there being little critical evaluation of “active ingredients” is analogous to the early stages of treatments for anxiety disorders. In the latter part of the 1900s, several treatments for anxiety disorders proliferated, such as systematic desensitization, implosive therapy, flooding, and in vivo exposure. It was only after an intensive series of comparative and dismantling studies that exposure was identified as the “active ingredient” of these approaches (McNally, 2007). Similarly, focused investigations on the efficacy of intervention elements are paramount to determine the most efficient and effective intervention components (LaCount, Hartung, Shelton, & Stevens, 2018).

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