title: [Prolonged exposure (flooding) in phobic and obsessive compulsive patients: 21 cases (author's transl)].
abstract: A first appraisal of 21 patients with phobic (n = 15), obsessive-compulsive (n = 5) and bereavement problems (n = 1) is carried out after a flooding procedure (prolonged exposure). One case is reported in detail. The actuarial rate of improvement amounts to 73% at a follow up between 6 and 9 months. The failures and relapses take place in the first month following the treatment. Two psychotic subjects show a significant improvement. The importance of the patient's expectations and motivation and the interpersonal aspects are underlined.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007171:Implosive Therapy; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Le traitement comportemental des obsessions et des phobies par "immersion" (flooding). 21 cas.