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Learning, Conditioning, and Cognitive-Behavioral of hypochondriasis
It is well known that autonomic responses can be acquired by classical and operant conditioning. Because of the fear of disease, repeated attention to and selective focus on parts of one’s body may be enhanced. The resulting anxiety and concomitant physiological changes that lead to somatic symptoms (e.g., tachycardia or irritable bowel) can be conditioned […]
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Behavioral deficits Conversion Disorder
Behavioral deficits Conversion Disorder Conversion reactions can be conceptualized as behavioral excesses or deficits that follow a traumatic event or emotional state and are reinforced by particular outcomes. A conversion symptom can be used to manipulate others, to get special attention, to receive special privileges, and to avoid unpleasant tasks or responsibilities. Use […]
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behavioral disorders in children defined
Behavioural disorders are probably most likely to come to the attention of adults because the symptoms are easily observable and have a direct impact on others. Oppositional defiant and conduct disorders refer to a constellation of symptoms in which children display angry, destructive, aggressive and antisocial behaviour. The distinction between the two relates to the […]
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Behavioral Approaches to PTSD
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for PTSD. Early behavioral conceptual models of PTSD were largely based on the two-factor learning theory of psychopathology originally proposed by Mowrer. As applied to PTSD, two-factor conditioning models posit that fear and other aversive emotions are learned through association via mechanisms of classical conditioning. Such fear conditioning is the first factor in […]
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Epidemiological and Prevalence of Psychosocialand Behavioral Health Concerns
Epidemiological and Prevalence of Psychosocialand Behavioral Health Concerns In occupational medicine, the main problem with psychological and psychosocialissues is the treatment of workers with injuries or illness attributed to work and thustreated in the workers’ compensation system. Workers’ compensation is a state or province program, and each state or provincehas its own laws and rules, […]
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