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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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Treatment efficacy: panic disorder
Treatment efficacy: panic disorder Unfortunately, neither The NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination nor the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews databases have examined panic disorder whether it is with or without agoraphobia. However, the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination has published a review of the efficacy and cognitive processes of cognitive behaviour therapy in […]
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conversion disorder treatment recommendations
conversion disorder treatment recommendations As Ford and Folks noted, a wide variety of treatment interventions have been suggested for conversion disorders. As they note, a plethora of therapies suggest that nothing is very effective and that most therapies help to some degree with conversion disorder. Treatment interventions have included psychoanalysis, supportive therapy, hypnosis, physical therapy, […]
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Organic Illness and Misdiagnosis of Conversion Disorder
Organic Illness and Misdiagnosis of Conversion Disorder Because of the implications for both treatment and prognosis, a discussion of organic illness and misdiagnosis of conversion disorder before the review of treatments and prognosis for conversion disorder is appropriate. The diagnosis of conversion disorder is not as simple as might be expected. There are two […]
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Conversion Disorder and Associated Psychopathology
One reason that conversion disorder has questionable utility as a diagnostic entity is because this disorder often co-occurs with a variety of psychiatric disorders and personality styles. Although patients with conversion disorder are generally considered more likely to have hysterical personality disorder, this relationship has fueled a great deal of controversy. Chodoff and Lyons stated […]
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Neurophysiological formulations of conversion disorder
Neurophysiological formulations of conversion disorder Neurophysiological formulations of conversion reactions have received considerable attention. The neurophysiological formulation for conversion suggests that conversion symptoms result from some form of damage or malfunction of the brain. Whitlock proposed a neurophysiological conceptualization of conversion in which conversion disorder is considered primarily a disorder of attention and vigilance. […]
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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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Psychoanalytic of Conversion Disorder
Psychoanalytic of Conversion Disorder Although psychoanalytic formulations have undergone considerable revision over the years, a series of papers on an integrated theory of conversion written in the late nineteenth century by Freudcontinues to influence thinking about conversion disorder. He stated that a conversion symptom is usually associated with a passive sexual seduction that typically […]
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Etiological Formulations of Conversion Disorder
Etiological Formulations of Conversion Disorder Conversion disorder has proven difficult to define, partly because most of the conceptual formulation for conversion disorder has come from the psychoanalytic literature. Many of the ideas put forward by psychoanalysts are too vague and elusive to be properly and scientifically evaluated. Over time, the literature has incorporated behavioral, […]
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