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Imagery modification of generalized anxiety disorder
Given that automatic thoughts can occur in image form as well as verbal, it is useful to assess the presence of past or future images relevant to anxiety. Where images form a significant part of cognitive content, asking clients to change or modify the content of the image may be associated with a change in […]
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Verbal discussion techniques of generalized anxiety disorder
Verbal discussion techniques of generalized anxiety disorder Verbal techniques are central to the practice of cognitive therapy and involve questioning, Socratic dialogue and guided discovery. Socratic dialogue (or Socratic questioning) is a method of questioning derived from Plato’s accounts of the Greek philosopher Socrates’ style of discussion when helping people understand philosophical points. Guided discovery […]
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Education of generalized anxiety disorder
Education involves explaining the cognitive model of anxiety to the client, using the client’s own material and experience where possible. This process of socialization aids collaboration and begins to demonstrate the collaborative nature of therapy. At other times education may be quite didactic, particularly in relation to the treatment components. Reading materials, such as pamphlets […]
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Practice of therapy of generalized anxiety disorder
In a review, Clark has identified the active ingredients of cognitive therapy for anxiety disorders as: education, verbal discussion techniques, imagery modification, attentional manipulation, exposure to feared stimuli, manipulation of safety behaviours and other behavioural experiments. These therapeutic activities are directly used to address distorted thoughts and beliefs. For more detailed descriptions of the principles […]
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Exposure-based treatments of generalized anxiety disorder
Exposure-based treatments of generalized anxiety disorder Purpose of exposure The purpose of exposure-based treatments is to produce a reduction or removal of the anxiety response in the presence of the formerly anxiety evoking stimulus, situation or thought. As such, the goal of therapy is to produce habituation of the anxiety response. Habituation is a general […]
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generalized anxiety disorder treatment study
Psychological Techniques.Psychological treatment of anxiety disorders has involved broadly similar techniques, where only the specific content differs. The main techniques used include relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and exposure. For GAD, most successful treatments used a combination of relaxation and cognitive restructuring because the seeming lack of response to external cues has made in vivo exposure seem […]
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Articles On Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Neurobiological Factors and generalized anxiety disorder There is little research into the biological factors associated with generalized anxiety disorder specifically, although a large body of work has examined the role of biological factors in anxiety generally. The majority of the biochemical work has centered on the role of the benzodiazepine receptor complex. Discovery of a […]
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Psychological Causes of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Psychological Factors Given the fact that a tendency to worry excessively is one of the main defining features of generalized anxiety disorder, there has been a wealth of research during the past few years to better understand this phenomenon. According to Borkovec and colleagues, worry serves as a type of avoidance purpose and allows individuals […]
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Etiology of generalized anxiety disorder
Etiology and Maintenance of generalized anxiety disorder Genetic and Familial Factors.Family studies of generalized anxiety disorder indicated that these patients were more likely to have a first-degree relative with generalized anxiety disorder than subjects with panic disorder or no anxiety disorder. Of course, family studies are inf luenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Twin […]
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generalized anxiety disorder diagnosis dsm
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Diagnosis In many ways, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) can be considered the basic anxiety disorder. It can be thought of almost as an expression of ‘‘pure’’ high trait anxiety. By definition, GAD is not characterized primarily by a focus on any specific situation or object. Rather, the central characteristic of GAD is […]
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