1
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+ McGrath et al.
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McGrath et al. found that 75% patients improved after systematic desensitisation therapy - suggests the treatment works for most people
2
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+ Not time consuming
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Systematic desensitisation isn’t hugely time consuming - Patients are less likely to stop or refuse he treatment, validating its use
3
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- Evolutionary phobias
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Deeply rooted evolutionary phobias, such as a fear of the dark, do not appear to be cured by S.D. - suggests that the treatment may only work for some phobias and not more complex ones, reducing the validity of the treatment
4
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- Only certain anxiety disorders
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SD can only be used to treat certain anxiety disorders - suggests other treatments are required to treat disorders that can’t be cured through SD, reducing it’s validity as a standalone treatment
