How Effective Are Exposure-Based Therapies for Treating Specific Phobias

question 7

Multiple Choice

How effective are exposure-based therapies for treating specific phobias?

• A) Very effective - so much so that there has been little change in how specific phobias are treated since the 1960s
• B) Reasonably effective - about 40% of people treated using exposure-based therapies recover
• C) A little bit effective - about 25% of people treated using exposure-based therapies recover, but many relapse
• D) Not at all effective - recovery rates are very low

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