Veterinary use of exposure techniques in the treatment of phobic domestic animals.
Exposure techniques as a treatment for human phobias are reviewed, as well as exposure's use in the extinction of avoidance behavior in laboratory animal studies. A third arena in which exposure is employed is reconsidered--in the veterinary treatment of phobic domestic animals. Veterinary use of exposure is illustrated, and the advantages and disadvantages of the veterinary study of exposure are discussed.
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D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*