Exposure Therapy
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Exposure therapy — is a cognitive behavioral therapy technique for reducing fear and anxiety responses, especially phobia, based on the principles of habituation and cognitive dissonance. It is similar to systematic desensitization, though it works more quickly and … Wikipedia
exposure therapy — n psychotherapy that involves repeated real, visualized, or simulated exposure to or confrontation with a feared situation or object or a traumatic event or memory in order to achieve habituation and that is used esp. in the treatment of post… … Medical dictionary
exposure therapy — noun a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation • Hypernyms: ↑desensitization technique, ↑desensitisation technique, ↑desensitization… … Useful english dictionary
Prolonged exposure therapy — (PE) is a form of behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy designed to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. About Prolonged Exposure TherapyProlonged Exposure Therapy (PE) is a theoretically based and highly efficacious treatment for… … Wikipedia
Exposure and response prevention — (ERP) is a treatment method available from behavioral psychologists and cognitive behavioral therapists for a variety of anxiety disorders, especially Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is an example of an Exposure Therapy, with the addition of… … Wikipedia
Exposure — can refer toIn biology: * A condition of very poor health or death resulting from lack of protection over prolonged periods under weather, extreme temperatures or dangerous substances ( see also: hypothermia, hyperthermia, radioactive… … Wikipedia
exposure — 1. A displaying, revealing, exhibiting, or making accessible. 2. In dentistry, loss of hard tooth structure covering the dental pulp due to caries, dental instrumentation, or trauma. 3. Proximity and/or contact with … Medical dictionary
therapy — 1. The treatment of disease or disorder by any method. SEE ALSO: therapeutics. 2. In psychiatry, and clinical psychology, a short term for psychotherapy. SEE ALSO: psychotherapy … Medical dictionary
exposure — n. (in behaviour therapy) a method of treating fears and phobias that involves confronting the individual with the situation he has been avoiding, so allowing the fears to wane by habituation. It can be achieved gradually by desensitization or… … The new mediacal dictionary
Cognitive behavioral therapy — Psychology … Wikipedia
