Talk:Exposure therapy

This content added today in this diff is a) WP:SYN and b) sourced only to primary sources. We need a review that draws these connections and makes these conclusions per WP:MEDRS

Recent studies are beginning to suggest that adolescent rodents are impaired in extinction learning,^[1][2][3] which corresponds to clinical evidence that adolescents show poorer outcomes following exposure therapy.^[4][5]

-- happy to discuss. Jytdog (talk) 01:53, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

It's been suggested that the ERP page be redirected to this page, however ERP is distinct from Exposure generally and has a different theoretical basis for the response prevention. More recent research has really debunked the idea that habituation is necessary, but rather that distress tolerance and inhibitory learning be maximized. Also, ERP is often used for OCD but also employed to treat bulimia, alcohol abuse, etc. that does not fit into the general framework of exposure therapy for anxiety within this page. While I can see the case for integrating ERP into this page, it may come as the cost of making the current page unwieldy and disorganized. Let's discuss this to make a decision. Jjk016 (talk) 19:13, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

You keep making both these arguments. But you can build the content here, easily, and a) if it really sticks out like a sore thumb, and b) if this article does get too big, either of those - either of them - is a fine reason to split things back out. As it stands now, all that is at the Exposure and response prevention article is the couple of sentences that were left after I removed all of the OFFTOPIC, badly sourced, and unsourced content - the exact content that is already merged here. Jytdog (talk) 09:04, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

  Y Merge completed Klbrain (talk) 05:41, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

I propose to merge immersion therapy into exposure therapy. If someone could help that would be great!! Danski14^(talk) 13:11, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

@Danski14: Remember to give a WP:MERGEREASON. Synonym, I suppose. Sounds reasonable. I've tagged the other page ... Klbrain (talk) 22:38, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

The Immersion therapy article is hardly sourced. That unsourced stuff should not be merged here. As for redirecting that page here, editors should provide one or more academic sources for the synonymous argument. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 06:45, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Closing, given the lack of evidence for equivalence. Klbrain (talk) 19:20, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Becker-Haimes, E. M., Okamura, K. H., Wolk, C. B., Rubin, R., Evans, A. C., & Beidas, R. S. (2017). Predictors of clinician use of exposure therapy in community mental health settings. Journal of anxiety disorders, 49, 88-94.

Moses, K., Gonsalvez, C., & Meade, T. (2021). Utilisation and predictors of use of exposure therapy in the treatment of anxiety, OCD and PTSD in an Australian sample: a preliminary investigation. BMC psychology, 9(1), 1-11.

Whiteside, S. P., Deacon, B. J., Benito, K., & Stewart, E. (2016). Factors associated with practitioners’ use of exposure therapy for childhood anxiety disorders. Journal of anxiety disorders, 40, 29-36.

JCo0197 (talk) 16:00, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Why call it "medical" uses instead of "therapeutical" or "clinical" uses? The current title suggests that the treatment is used only by physicians. --Severian79 (talk) 16:45, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

agreed Asto77 (talk) 19:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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