5.14 Psychological Perspectives on OCD and Trauma-Related Disorders, 5.16 Treatments for PTSD & 5.17 Memory Reconsolidation for PTSD and Anxiety Disorders

This set of flashcards covers key vocabulary related to various therapeutic techniques and treatments.

exposure and response prevention

A type of CBT treatment in which a patient first identifies the things that trigger obsessive thoughts, such as external situations like people or places and thoughts, then spending time facing those fears to lower stress levels

habit reversal training

A multicomponent behavioral treatment package developed to address a wide variety of repetitive behavior disorders that focuses on re-training responses to habits

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

a person is asked to recall distressing events or images while a therapist then directs the patient in one type of bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movements or hand tapping, with the goal of reprocessing and coping with the stress

virtual reality therapy (VRT)

A type of exposure therapy that relies on virtual reality or technology to create simulations to help confront and treat mental disorders such as PTSD

consolidation

the neural processed that occur between an experience and the stabilization of the memory

reconsolidation

the process of replacing or disrupting a stored memory with a new version of the memory