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The treatment of phobic states by desensitization is tedious and not always completely successful (Marks, 1969). Recently newer methods claiming improvement in speed and efficacy have been introduced, such as flooding or implosion (for example, Boulougouris et al. , 1971) and prolonged exposure (Watson et al. , 1971). An approach based on respiratory control which seems to be as effective as other methods and even more rapid in action is described in this short paper.
A. Orwin (Wed,) studied this question.