This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Personality Disorders, Subject name: Psychiatry
Behavioral therapy in phobia: 
Select and explain. 
A. Exposure and response prevention followed by flooding, B. Systemic desensitization followed by exposure and response prevention, C. Exposure and response prevention followed by systemic desensitization, D. Flooding followed by systemic desensitization
C: Exposure and response prevention followed by systemic desensitization
Answer: C: Exposure and response prevention followed by systemic desensitization 
Explanation: Ans. (c) Exposure and response prevention followed by systemic desensitizationRef.: Harrison 19th ed. / 2712-13BEHAVIOUR THERAPYItis the treatment of choice in phobic disorders and and several other psychiatric illness. Exposure and response prevention followed by systemic desensitization behavior therapy is the treatment of choice in phobia. It can be of following types:* Exposure & Response prevention is 1st line of behavior therapy* Systemic desensitization: progressive exposure to anxiety evoking stimulus (2nd line)* Flooding (implosion or intensive exposure)* Relaxation techniques