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substance abuse treatment plans forms
substance abuse treatment plans forms Active treatment In this stage the client and nurse identify and pursue goals. It is important that the goals are realistic. Achieving small goals can encourage the client and help to produce a sense of self-efficacy. Not achieving can create a sense of failure and trigger a return to precontemplation […]
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dual diagnosis treatment model of treatment
Approaches to treatment and care of dual diagnosis A model for the treatment of people with a dual diagnosis Treatment of people with a dual diagnosis requires an integration of principles from the mental health and substance misuse fields. These authors propose a four-staged model: engagement, persuasion, active treatment and relapse prevention. These stages closely […]
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Matching treatment of anorexia nervosa to need and acceptability
In spite of what we know about the effectiveness of treatments for eating disorders overall, there remain many questions of what is cost effective and/or acceptable for individual patients. The broad clinical presentation of anorexia nervosa over age and severity, and the paucity of evidence, means that there is great uncertainty whether any of the […]
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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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Hypochondriasis Treatment Options
There are only a handful of treatment studies of hypochondriasis. The treatment outcome depends very much on the type of hypochondriasis. Treatment for a disease phobia can be easily implemented with a behavioral package (e.g., flooding, implosion, and thought stopping), but a strict behavioral approach will be less successful with monosymptomatic hypochondriasis. Kellner reported improvement […]
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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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somatization disorder treatment guidelines
Prognosis and Treatment of Somatization Disorder Somatization disorder is a condition with a poor prognosis. The disorder runs a fluctuating course with periodic exacerbations during stressful episodes, but as noted earlier, somatization disorder is not associated with a higher mortality rate than that of the general population. Briquet stated that hysteria was one of the […]
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Pharmacological treatment approaches to ptsd
A substantial body of research demonstrated abnormalities in psychobiological systems and function in persons with PTSD. The strongest evidence shows alteration of adrenergic and hypothalamicpituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) mechanisms, elevated physiological reactivity, and sleep disturbances. Many medications have been used to treat specific PTSD symptoms, separately or in combination with psychotherapy. Pharmacological treatments for PTSD have included […]
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treatment for specific phobia
There is widespread agreement that the treatment of choice for phobic fear and avoidance is in vivo exposure. Some evidence has even suggested that excellent gains can be achieved through a single session of intensive exposure. Some attempts have been made to match the reported mode of acquisition or individual differences to specific types of […]
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social phobia gene treatment
Although a considerable literature suggests that beta-blockers are effective in reducing performance anxiety that is related to social anxiety, these results have generally been observed in subjects without extreme levels of performance anxiety. Furthermore, any significant results are confined to performance involving motor activity, which suggests that beta-blockers may work mainly for nonclinical subjects by […]
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