Flooding
Flooding is a technique used in the treatment of phobias. It is very different to systematic desensitisation in that it encourages people to directly confront the phobia and remain until the anxiety is gone (a process called habituation).
Desensitisation is generally preferred to flooding as patients don't appreciate the high levels of anxiety it produces and sometimes leave the situation before the fear response has been extinguished.
Desensitisation is generally preferred to flooding as patients don't appreciate the high levels of anxiety it produces and sometimes leave the situation before the fear response has been extinguished.
