This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Treatment in psychiatry, Subject name: Psychiatry
Flooding is a type of 
Select and explain. 
A. Behaviour therapy, B. Psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy, C. Group therapy, D. Social speech
A: Behaviour therapy
Answer: A: Behaviour therapy 
Explanation: In flooding , a type of behavioral therapy, where the person is exposed to fearful stimulus suddenly, there is extinction of fear and this is called flooding. In flooding there is method of extinction of fear but sometimes it may back fire and may increase anxiety Ref.Kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 398