| 单词 | exposure therapy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasexposure therapy exposure therapy n. (a) a method of treating skin burns that involves exposing them to the air, rather than covering them with a dressing (now rare); (b) a form of psychotherapy intended to alleviate distressing anxiety or fear by means of repeated, controlled exposure of an individual to specific situations or objects that elicit such responses. Π 1951 Ann. Surg. 134 574/1 Exposure therapy fell into disuse, it would appear, because skin grafting in full-thickness burns was often too long delayed and suppuration developed beneath the neglected slough. 1970 Behavior Therapy 1 198 The behavioral techniques would include those operations of a nonintrospective nature, such as in operant conditioning, exposure therapy, graded task assignments, roleplaying, and assertive training. 2002 N.Y. Mag. 25 Feb. 11/4 [She]..plans to take ‘a nice mix of post-traumatic-stress and/or depression’ candidates to help determine which treatment is more effective—regular therapy or ‘exposure therapy’, in which patients recount an event so many times that they eventually lose the feeling of panic associated with it. 2017 Clinics in Plastic Surg. 44 481/1 Exposure therapy is often the method of choice [in low- and middle-income countries] because gauze dressings are considered to be expensive. 2019 A. Bhagwati Unbecoming xiv. 260 There's a controversial treatment in trauma psychology called exposure therapy. < as lemmas |
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