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Exposure — can refer toIn biology: * A condition of very poor health or death resulting from lack of protection over prolonged periods under weather, extreme temperatures or dangerous substances ( see also: hypothermia, hyperthermia, radioactive… … Wikipedia
Exposure and response prevention — (ERP) is a treatment method available from behavioral psychologists and cognitive behavioral therapists for a variety of anxiety disorders, especially Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is an example of an Exposure Therapy, with the addition of… … Wikipedia
Exposure therapy — is a cognitive behavioral therapy technique for reducing fear and anxiety responses, especially phobia, based on the principles of habituation and cognitive dissonance. It is similar to systematic desensitization, though it works more quickly and … Wikipedia
exposure therapy — n psychotherapy that involves repeated real, visualized, or simulated exposure to or confrontation with a feared situation or object or a traumatic event or memory in order to achieve habituation and that is used esp. in the treatment of post… … Medical dictionary
exposure — noun Date: 1605 1. the fact or condition of being exposed: as a. the condition of being presented to view or made known < a politician seeks a lot of exposure > b. the condition of being unprotected especially from severe weather < died of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Prolonged exposure therapy — (PE) is a form of behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy designed to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. About Prolonged Exposure TherapyProlonged Exposure Therapy (PE) is a theoretically based and highly efficacious treatment for… … Wikipedia
Direct therapeutic exposure — (DTE) is a behavior therapy technique pioneered by Patrick A. Boudewyns, where stressors are vividly and safely confronted to help combat veterans, and patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, or phobias.… … Wikipedia
Post-exposure prophylaxis — (PEP) is any prophylactic treatment started immediately after exposure to a pathogen (such as a disease causing virus), in order to prevent infection by the pathogen and the development of disease.RabiesPEP is commonly and very effectively used… … Wikipedia
Dry rot treatment — refers to the techniques used to eliminate dry rot fungus and alleviate the damage done by the fungus to human built wooden structures. The commonly held view of an outbreak of the dry rot fungus (Serpula lacrymans) within a building is that it… … Wikipedia
Tuberculosis treatment — Various pharmaceutical tuberculosis treatments their actions Tuberculosis treatment refers to the medical treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). The standard short course treatment for TB is isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as… … Wikipedia
