Psychotherapeutic interventions

In addition to pharmacological interventions for severe tics, individual and family psychotherapeutic interventions and school consultation are essential to address the various stresses the child may be experiencing, as these can be major exacerbants of tics. Habit reversal techniques may also be use for specific troublesome tics (King et ah, 1999b). 

In general, schizophrenic psychoses have to be treated by a multimodal approach including medication, psychotherapeutic interventions, and in chronic cases, rehabilitation. During the acute state of the psychosis, inpatient treatment and antipsychotic medication are required as the most important components. Drug treatment is the most important component during the first inpatient phase. 

Segregation of target symptoms between those likely to be responsive to pharmacologic and those needing psychotherapeutic interventions is key. It is useful to... 

Psychopharmaceuticals can if used incorrectly or at the wrong moment (or if not used at all ) impede or wreck the psychotherapeutic process, and the same applies to psychotherapeutic intervention introduced at the wrong moment or in a substantially incorrect manner in the context of psychopharmacotherapies. Although the possible synergy between the two forms of therapy, which has been demonstrated in several indications, does increase the prospects of success from a statistical point of view, it is by no means a guarantee of success in the individual case. 

Psychotherapeutic interventions such as cognitive behavior therapy appear to be as effective as antidepressant treatment for mild to moderate forms of depression. However, cognitive behavior therapy tends to take longer to be effective and is... 

Both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions have proven effective, to various degrees, in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Usually, a combination of both techniques seems to yield the best results. A number of factors (e.g., patient preference, availability of specially trained therapists, cost, and prior results) will determine whether medications, psychotherapy, or both are selected. Among the psychotherapies, the evidence shows cognitive-behavioral techniques as the preferred approach. 

Treatment of OCD naturally lends itself to collaboration because it is dual-focused, utilizing both psychotherapy and medication. For the receptive patient, the combination can be quite effective in symptom reduction and/or alleviation. Psychotherapeutic intervention incorporates two fundamental elements designed to elicit anxiety and then cope with it exposure and response prevention. However, it is important to note that between 20 and 25% of patients with OCD will flatly refuse... 

I Psychotherapeutic interventions, particularly cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and interpersonal therapy (IPT) are effective in the treatment of many children and adolescents with depressive symptoms and mild-to-moderate depressive episodes and should probably be considered first-line treatment. 

Of course not, but all professionals should attempt to learn all they can and to utilize this new information to help their clients. Medication has dramatically improved the treatment and intervention possibilities for numerous clients who might otherwise have spent their lives in psychiatric facilities struggling with mental illness. These mental-health medications help individuals respond to everyday life as well as to psychotherapeutic interventions. Knowing how to access information about medicinal products and having a basic understanding of what they mean is critical to promoting education to clients, families, and communities. 

Premature ejaculation is defined as persistent or recurrent ejaculation with minimal sexual stimulation before, on, or shortly after penetration and before the person wishes it. Behavioral therapies include the stop-start technique, the squeeze technique, and other psychotherapeutic interventions. However, it has been shown that the initial positive effects of behavioral techniques disappear after 3 years. 

This remarkable lability of a memory trace, which permits a reorganization of an existing memory in a retrieval environment, provides a theoretical basis for both psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapeutic intervention for traumatic stress exposure as well as other anxiety disorders. Administration of P-receptor and NMDA receptor antagonists shortly after trauma exposure or spontaneous panic attacks as well as after reactivation of memory associated with the anxiety-inducing event may reduce the strength of the original memory. 

This chapter deals overall with psychotherapeutic medications for mental illnesses, but that does not mean alternative interventions do not exist. One example is the herb St. John s wort (sometimes spelled St. Johnswort). The word wort means plant, and this particular yellow-flowered plant carries the Latin name Hypericum perforatum. Also called goatweed, hypericum, and Klamath weed, St. John s wort grows wild in the western United States and throughout Europe. Its peak blooming period is late June, around the time of the traditional birthday of John the Baptist (June 24), thus the name of the plant. 

Many individuals may benefit tremendously from the use of psychotherapeutic medications. Regardless of the type of intervention, about 85% of people who are moderately anxious, frustrated, and distressed often get... 

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