| Abstract: | Presents a critique of K. P. Morganstern's (see record 1973-31818-001) review of implosive therapy and "flooding" literature. It is concluded that (a) the majority of negative results published by investigators using implosive therapy with analog Ss occurred with taped therapy presentations which violate the implosive therapy procedure in 2 important ways, (b) at the analog level only 1 study provided negative results with an actual therapist, (c) all patient therapy studies cited reported that an implosive therapy or flooding procedure was effective, (d) only 1 study using a live therapist reported that a systematic desensitization procedure was more effective than implosive therapy, and (e) whether it was the implosive therapy technique per se that produced the positive findings is still unclear. (24 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
