Desensitization, Psychologic
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

30 Jul 2009 Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention is a first-line intervention for adult and childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder. Methodologically rigorous controlled trials have suggested that benefits from CBT exceed ... Read more...

Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder.

6 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The prevention of long-term psychological distress following traumatic events is a major concern. Systematic reviews have suggested that individual Psychological Debriefing is not an effective intervention at preventing post traumatic ... Read more...

Behavioral management of headache triggers: Avoidance of triggers is an inadequate strategy.

5 Jun 2009 The standard clinical advice for individuals who suffer from recurrent headaches is that the best way to prevent headaches is to avoid the triggers. This review challenges that advice from a number of perspectives, including: that the advice is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Desensitization, Psychologic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder. 6 Jul 2009
• Behavioral management of headache triggers: Avoidance of triggers is an inadequate strategy. 5 Jun 2009
• Reducing acute stress in a 16-year old using trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. 30 May 2009
• Test of time: what if little Albert had escaped? 30 Mar 2009
• Home oral health practice: the foundation for desensitization and dental care for special needs. 30 Mar 2009
• A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin as an adjunct to exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder. 23 Feb 2009
• [Psychological debriefing] 14 Feb 2009
• Treatment of trauma- and abuse-related dissociative symptom disorders in children and adolescents. 30 Jan 2009
• Comfortably numb: desensitizing effects of violent media on helping others. 28 Jan 2009
• Trauma, exposure, and world reconstruction. 30 Dec 2008
• Effective psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: a review and critique. 30 Dec 2008
• Habituation and desensitization as methods for reducing fearful behavior in singly housed rhesus macaques. 30 Dec 2008
• Weight suppression predicts weight gain over treatment but not treatment completion or outcome in bulimia nervosa. 30 Oct 2008
• Operating room desensitization as a novel treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder after intraoperative awareness. 30 Oct 2008
• Scientific resistance to research, training and utilization of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treating post-war disorders. 20 Oct 2008
• A systematic review of cognitive-behavioral treatment for nightmares: toward a well-established treatment. 13 Oct 2008
• A randomized experimental test of the efficacy of EMDR treatment on negative body image in eating disorder inpatients. 29 Sep 2008
• [Treatment of an 11-year-old child with elements of the dialectical behavioral therapy for adolescents] 30 Aug 2008
• [Psychotherapy for traumatized children and adolescents--cognitive-behavioral treatments] 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Desensitization, Psychologic'

Definition: A behavior therapy technique in which deep muscle relaxation is used to inhibit the effects of graded anxiety-evoking stimuli.

Descriptor UI: D003887

Alternative terms: Desensitization, Psychologic; Psychologic Desensitization; Psychological Desensitization; Desensitization, Psychological; Desensitization (Psychology); Desensitizations (Psychology);

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.754.137.506;

Online Note: use DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC to search DESENSITIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY) 1975-94; use BEHAVIOR THERAPY 1969-74

History Note: 95; was DESENSITIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY) 1975-94 (see under BEHAVIOR THERAPY 1975-90)

Technical Notes: a behavior ther technique; DF: DESENSITIZATION PSYCHOL