Exposure Therapy Compared to Other Therapies

The third treatment is exposure combined with cognitive recombination therapy including 10 courses of treatment. "In the 1st to 5th conference, 45 minutes of image shooting exposure, 15 minutes break, 45 minutes cognition reorganization was done, usually including ideas that appeared during exposure Do not imagine, exposure "(Marks et al., 1998). Homework is also encouraged. The last treatment is to relax. In this therapy, the therapist basically only teaches the patient to relax.

Various types of treatment are used for treatment of anxiety, but the main method is cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and exposure therapy. Each type of anxiety therapy can be used alone or in combination with other types of therapy. Treatment of anxiety can be done alone or in groups of people with similar anxiety problems. The basic premise of CBT is not our external affairs but our thoughts influence our emotions. In other words, it is not your situation to decide your feelings, it is your perception of the situation. For example, suppose you have just been invited to a large party. Think about three different ways of thinking and the impact that these ideas have on your mood.

Exposure therapy is considered behavioral therapy of PTSD. This means that the purpose of exposure therapy is to tackle learning behavior (usually circumventing the situation), depending on the situation or thought or memory that is regarded as terrible or uneasy. Exposure therapy has been found to be very effective in dealing with PTSD symptoms and treating other anxiety disorders. Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is being studied as another way to help people recover from anxiety disorders. Using VRET to be able to treat various anxiety and anxiety-related problems, including claustrophobia, driving fear, altitude phobia (or heights of phobia), flight phobia, phobia (or spider fear) Social unrest In addition, several studies have been conducted to test the usefulness of VRET for PTSD.