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DECONDITIONNEMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2009-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

Any form of treatment that involves applying some painful experience or punishment to a well-established behavior, inducing a motivational conflict between the desire for acting in a certain way and the fear of the unpleasant consequences; ...

OBS

... applied particularly to the treatment of alcoholism or sexual deviation, ...

Key term(s)
  • aversion conditioning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Forme de thérapie comportementale qui vise à détourner un sujet d'une conduite en l'associant à un désagrément.

CONT

Le traitement de la toxicomanie alcoolique est toujours délicat. Il repose avant tout sur l'abstinence complète avec cure de déconditionnement. Cette cure comporte la création d'un réflexe conditionnel associant la nausée ou le vomissement au goût ou à l'odeur de la boisson préférée du malade.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
DEF

Procedimiento de la terapia de conducta en el que los estímulos asociados con una conducta indeseable se asocian con un estímulo doloroso y desagradable, produciéndose la supresión de dicha conducta.

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Record 2 1993-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
CONT

Patients with dyspnea on exertion voluntarily limit their activity because of discomfort or fear that dyspnea may be harmful. This reduced activity leads to further deconditioning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
CONT

Depuis la moitié du premier trimestre, et de façon progressive, l'immobilisation segmentaire fort utile au début, engendre toutefois un déconditionnement.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

Experiments in what is described as de-conditioning. The idea is to reproduce warlike sounds and disturbing noises until the patients regain their normal reactions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Action de déconditionner quelqu'un.

Spanish

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