FRHD 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Classical Conditioning, Orgasm
31 Mar 2017
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Unsurprisingly, we focus on treatments that have research supporting their effectiveness. Therapies that have been shown to be effective through scientific clinical trials. Participant modeling: therapist models approaches to feared stimuli. Panic disorder and agoraphobia: in vivo exposure, cognitive behavioural treatment: Cognitive component involves changing client"s misconception about panic attacks. Generalized anxiety disorder: most effective treatments combine cognitive and behavioural strategies, exposure an efficient form of behavioural treatment: Client uses start of worrying as signal to relax: cognitive techniques can be used to challenge and change client"s beliefs and thoughts. Obsessive-compulsive disorder: in vivo exposure and response prevention. Encouraged to engage in a behaviour leading to the obsession while being prevented from compulsive behaviour. Prevention of compulsive response extinguishes anxiety that follows the obsession. Exposure may be graded: cognitive therapy: Used to change self statements clients makes that help maintain the obsession. Writing about event: combo of cognitive restructuring and exposure.
