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Temporal sequencing of symptom change in youth receiving treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use: secondary findings from a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Psychotraumatol
Dobson O   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Treatment of Test Anxiety by Group Implosive Therapy [PDF]

open access: yesPsychological Reports, 1973
36 test anxious Ss were randomly assigned to 3 groups. One group served as the no-treatment control, while the other two groups received either placebo-attention or implosive therapy. Implosive therapy consisted of 5 30-min. sessions of treatment in which Ss were asked to imagine highly anxiety-evoking scenes pertaining to test anxiety while ...
H H, Dawley, W W, Wenrich
exaly   +4 more sources
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Implosive therapy—A behavioral therapy?

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1968
Abstract Despite differences in technique and theory, most approaches which are given the label of “behavioral therapy” seem to have in common the following three characteristics: (1) an emphasis placed on the direct treatment of the symptom (2) a strong tendency to reject the concepts and rationale of traditional psychodynamic approaches, and (3 ...
Donald J Levis, D J Levis
exaly   +3 more sources

Implosive therapy for the treatment of combat-related PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1989
AbstractImplosive therapy for the treatment of post‐traumatic stress disorder is based on the principle of exposing the patient to trauma‐related cues until there is a reduction in the anxiety associated with the cues. It is a relatively specialized procedure regarding which few clinicians receive extensive supervised training, despite the numerous ...
Judith A. Lyons, Terence M. Keane
exaly   +4 more sources

Experiences With Implosive Therapy

Clinical Social Work Journal, 2005
Implosive Therapy (IT), which was originated by Thomas Stampfl in the 1950s, is an imagery technique built on psychoanalytic theory and learning theory. IT can be an effective means of helping people who have phobias and aversions. Examples illustrate the rationale, application, and outcome of the procedure.
exaly   +2 more sources

Flooding and implosive therapy: Are they harmful?

Behavior Therapy, 1980
A mail survey was conducted to investigate in a preliminary way the widespread belief that implosive therapy and flooding may have “serious negative side effects”. The survey, returned by 83% of those polled, included 70 practitioners of these procedures representing 3,493 clients.
Robert H Shipley
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Implosive Therapy in Alcoholism; Comparison with Brief Psychotherapy

Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1974
The addition of implosive therapy or brief individual psychotherapy to a general milieu treatment program for alcoholics was not more effective than the milieu program alone.
J R, Newton, L I, Stein
exaly   +3 more sources

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