Definition of Exposure therapy

1. Noun. A form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Exposure Therapy

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exposure dose
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exposure therapy (current term)
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express emotion
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Literary usage of Exposure therapy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"... stress inoculation training, biofeedback, cognitive therapy, and relapse prevention). Often, exposure therapy and anxiety management are combined. ..."

2. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"Wardle, J.; Hayward, P.; Higgitt, A.; Stabl, M.; Blizard, R.; and Gray, J. Effects of concurrent diazepam treatment on the outcome of exposure therapy in ..."

3. Evaluation of Glove Bag Containment in Asbestos Removal by Bruce A. Hollett, Phillip A. Froelich, Paul E. Caplan, Thomas C. Cooper, Stanley A. Shulman (1990)
"Wardle, J.; Hayward, P.; Higgitt, A.; Stabl, M.; Blizard, R.; and Gray, J. Effects of concurrent diazepam treatment on the outcome of exposure therapy in ..."

4. Natures of Mankind Psychology by Jerold Reed, Linda Reed, Linda Reed (2006)
"AAMI recommends a kind of cognitive-behavioral therapy called desensitization or exposure therapy. The Fear Thinking-pattern In the New Testament, ..."

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