Blogs1 - 10 of 26 recent posts for tag:"exposure therapy"
06
Nov
2009
Psychology: AbPsy: Anxiety Disorders (III)

2 days ago by couldyouletgo

Generalised Anxiety Disorder - Excessive, uncontrollable worry and anxiety about a variety of events - Occurs more days than not for 6 months - At least 3 of 6 somatic symptoms: 1) Restlessness 2) fatigue 3) difficulty concentrating 4) irritability 5) muscle tension 6) sleep disturbance - Co-morbiti ...

couldyouletgo - couldyouletgo.livejournal.com

Psychology: AbPsy: Anxiety Disorders (II)

2 days ago by couldyouletgo

Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Biological 1) Barbiturates - Quick acting, but relapse common - Highly addictive, can lead to OD, interact with alcohol 2) Benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, Rohypnol) - Quick acting, but relapse common - Less addictive, but interact with alcohol 3) SSRIs (antidepressant ...

couldyouletgo - couldyouletgo.livejournal.com

03
Nov
2009
Exposure Therapy – A Useful Weapon Against Your Phobias

5 days ago by Phobia Alert

When you are very young, and a wasp flies into the room where you are sitting, you may very well jump off your seat and run away in terror. You have heard, after all, that these things sting you, and when that happens it really hurts. Knowing that you don’t want to get hurt, you duck and cover, natu ...

Phobia Alert - phobiaalert.com

29
Oct
2009
Natural Treatment for Panic Disorder:Why Panic Attacks Happen and How to ...

10 days ago by admin

Natural treatment for panic disorder works best to get rid of symptoms for good. Medications can help the symptoms of an acute attack, and can reduce the likelihood of an attack happening, but will not cure the condition.They may control the symptoms enough so that natural methods can be used effect ...

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy - cognitive-behaviouraltherapy.com

23
Sep
2009
Obsessive

46 days ago by boatacrosstheriver

Sometimes I think of my brain as if it is a therapist. I’ve been watching this show called Obsessed where the therapists use something called exposure therapy. They have these people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder sit through some version of their worst fears to see that they can get through it ...

Boat Across the River - boatacrosstheriver.wordpress.com

20
Sep
2009
Key to Recovery: Homebased Practice

48 days ago by A White

by Richard C. Raynard, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Homebased practice is coming to be recognized as one of the most important prognosis for sustained progress, and especially for long-term success. Homebased practice is simply the everyday exposure you can get in the place of fear within an average ...

Panic Update - panicupdate.blogspot.com

24
Aug
2009
Sniff your way out of Anxiety?

75 days ago by Laura L. Smith, Ph.D.

In our last blog we discussed the use of Ecstasy in treating people with anxiety. Other researchers have investigated the role of oxytocin, a hormone that the body produces during orgasm in men and women as well as during childbirth and breastfeeding. Interestingly, Ecstasy increases oxytocin. So, w ...

Anxiety and OCD Exposed - blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety · Rank: 94,232 · 23 references

16
Aug
2009
How to Minimize Your Phobias

83 days ago by hajamie

Jacob Saxbury asked: Patients also learn how their opinion patterns contribute to their disquiet and how shifting their belief can help reduce symptoms. At the same time, angst management is regularly a section of exposure therapy, where patients learn secret breathing and relaxation techniques. We ...

Brown Recluse Spiders - spider-brown-recluse.com

22
Jul
2009
What causes anxiety and panic attacks? – Part 2.

108 days ago by admin

In Part 1 we noted three different theories as to what what causes anxiety and panic attacks. We also noted that this uncertainty as the the exact cause or causes has given rise to different theories on how to treat anxiety and panic attacks – which are often influenced by the professional’s own [.. ...

Goodbye to Panic Attacks - goodbyepanicattacks.com/wordpress

22
Jun
2009
How to Minimize Your Phobias

138 days ago by hajamie

Jacob Saxbury asked: Patients also learn how their opinion patterns contribute to their disquiet and how shifting their belief can help reduce symptoms. At the same time, angst management is regularly a section of exposure therapy, where patients learn secret breathing and relaxation techniques. We ...

Hobo Spiders - hobo-spider.com · 1 reference

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