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On the Validity of the Animal Model for Exposure Therapy (Flooding)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Morrie Baum
Morrie Baum
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York
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The generality of exposure effects in animal laboratory studies is reviewed. The validity of the animal model for exposure therapy is assessed using Bond's (1984) criteria. The specific criticisms of the animal model raised by Isaac Marks are responded to and discussed. It is concluded that the animal model for exposure therapy is substantially valid.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 38 - 44
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1988

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