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Principles and practice of exposure
Exposure has been defined as: ‘facing something that has been avoided because it provokes anxiety’. The term ‘exposure’ covers a number of different processes that may be applied in practice. In-vivo exposure refers to exposure ‘in real life’, where the client is actually in the presence of the feared stimulus or situation. Flooding is used […]
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Theory in mental health promotion practice
Caplan and Holland have stated that ‘effective practice in mental health promotion depends on good theory’. Awareness of the wide range of theories is needed, they said, together with a critical attitude to them since theories contain contradictions and may lead users into unforeseen and unwanted implications. What is theory and why is its use […]
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