Psychotherapeutic techniques

Although their results were encouraging, these studies demonstrated how difficult it is to treat cannabis dependence. Experience with treating tobacco dependence has revealed that a combination of various psychotherapeutic techniques and pharmacotherapies is more effective than either approach alone in producing and maintaining cessation. Thus, the use of medication during the cessation period may significantly improve quit rates and maintenance of abstinence. 

Cognitive psychotherapeutic techniques have further been developed since their introduction by Beck et al. (1979), who demonstrated their effectiveness in the treatment of depression. Several studies have extended Beck s cognitive therapy to adulthood schizophrenia with encouraging clinical results. The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral approaches could be demonstrated in several key areas in schizophrenia, especially therapy-resistant hallucinations and delusions. Several approaches have also addressed therapeutic efforts in the treatment of associated symptoms such as anxiety and depression. In addition, cognitive-behavioral techniques have been shown to be effective in treatment of chronic schizophrenia, resulting in reduction of distress and disruption due to hallucinations and delusions. In some studies anxiety and depression associated with schizophrenia could also be reduced to some extent. The value of these techniques in children and adolescents has yet to be demonstrated. 

In the following studies, psychotherapeutic techniques were applied that had been specifically developed for the treatment of depressions, namely cognitive... 

I suspect, as Naranjo 39 has suggested, that the synthesis of the psychotherapy techniques of the west and the spiritual disciplines of the East will form one of the most powerful tools for understanding ourselves that has ever existed. The various kinds mindfulness and nonattachment techniques are the ultimate tools because of their generality, but there may be some psychological structures in the personality that have so much energy, are so implicit, or are so heavily defended that they must be dealt with using specific psychotherapeutic techniques to dismantle them. 

While there has been an emphasis on the use of different psychotherapeutic techniques for treating these disorders, there is increasing evidence that psychotropic drugs have an important role to play. 

Balint, M. and Balint, E. (1961). Psychotherapeutic Techniques in Medicine Mind and Medicine. London Tavistock. 

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 the last fifteen years, former LSD researcher Stanislav Grof, M.D., and his wife Christina, have developed a powerful and increasingly popular method of inducing psychedelic-like alternative states of consciousness. Known as Holotropic Breathwork, this technique does not involve the use of drugs, and is regarded by thousands of practitioners worldwide as an extraordinarily fast and effective psychotherapeutic modality. 

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. 

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. 

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