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EXPOSURE RESPONSE-PREVENTION [1 record]

Record 1 2004-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A behavioural method used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder [in which individuals] are exposed to feared stimuli (e.g., contaminated objects) and are prevented from engaging in compulsive rituals (e.g., washing).

CONT

Exposure with response prevention treatment of anorexia nervosa-bulimic subtype and bulimia nervosa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Forme de thérapie comportementale utilisée dans le traitement des troubles obsessionnels-compulsifs [qui] vise à mettre les sujets en présence de stimulus anxiogènes (p. ex. des objets contaminés) et à les empêcher de se livrer à des rituels compulsifs (p. ex. se laver).

CONT

L'efficacité des thérapies comportementales par exposition avec prévention de la réponse est bien étayée dans le traitement du trouble obsessionnel-compulsif [...]

Spanish

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