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Physiological mechanisms of flooding (implosion) therapy

open access: closedThe Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 1978
Desensitization of psychological and physiological complex structures may be the most important element of flooding treatment. The implosive sessions are assumed to represent a supramaximal stimulation of pathologically excited and inert complex structures resulting in protective inhibition, irradiation of excitation, reduction of the excitation and ...
Christian Astrup
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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
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Implosive therapy: A critical review.

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 1972
"Implosive Therapy" (IT) is a behavior modification technique developed by Stampfl (1961) for the treatment of phobias. There are few well-controlled studies of this technique though its proponents argue it has much promise. Much of the IT literature consists of case studies, and the research studies which do exist vary considerably in the degree to ...
A. Frankel
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Treatment of an incest victim with implosive therapy: A case study

Behavior Therapy, 1984
A 22-year-old single female victim of incest trauma was treated via implosive therapy during five inpatient therapy sessions. Treatment consisted of repeated exposure through imagery to the incest scene and real or hypothesized thoughts and events related to the incest trauma.
Robert G. Rychtarik   +3 more
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The effect of group implosive therapy on snake phobias

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1978
Snake phobic Ss in groups of 10 were presented with a verbal fantasy similar to those used in individual Implosive Therapy (IT) in order to explore the adaptability of the procedure to group use. A single 25-minute implosive presentation of the same material on audio tape was effective in reducing snake phobias in about the same percentage of Ss as ...
R N, Carrera, D R, Lott
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A study of the comparative effectiveness of systematic desensitization and implosive therapy

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1969
Abstract Fifty female undergraduate students demonstrating aversiveness to mice were assigned to three treatment groups based on response to two pre-treatment measures. One group received standard systematic desensitization treatment. A second group received implosive therapy while a third group was subjected to control procedures.
R W, Willis, J A, Edwards
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