DrCarmine Has a Client with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Dr.Carmine has a client with obsessive-compulsive disorder.He knows that if he can show his client that nothing bad will happen to her when she encounters a fear-inducing trigger,the conditioned association between her anxiety and the stimulus will be broken.To do this,he shows her a fearful stimulus and will not allow her to engage in compulsions.Dr.Carmine is using ________ to treat his client.

A) exposure and response prevention
B) exposure
C) systematic desensitization
D) a placebo

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