title: Exposure therapy for phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
abstract: When abnormal fears or excessively compulsive behavior begin to rule a person's life, the consequences can be devastating to both patient and family. But three quarters of cooperative patients can be restored to normal functioning through a form of therapy based on exposing the patient continually to the stimuli that evoke symptoms until they can be tolerated and the phobic or compulsive behavior dissipates.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007171:Implosive Therapy; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*