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Virtual reality exposure therapy
Virtual reality exposure therapy is being used to assist military personnel with combat related post traumatic stress disorder. A behavioral health provider walks the patiet through visual & auditory re-enactmet of locations & scenarios that could occur in combat. It can be adjusted for amount of stimulation. It uses desensitization.
Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this
27 year experience in Psychiatry
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A 29-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: virtual reality exposure therapy?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Is doing exposure therapy 5 days per week good for anxiety?
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A 20-year old male asked:
With exposure therapy Isit normal for anxiety to get worse before it gets better?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Been doing exposure therapy for so long yet i still get so anxious before i go to social situations, i just want these feelings to end.
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A 20-year old male asked:
When doing exposure therapy for social anxiety isit normall to fell worse before feeling better?
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A 36-year old female asked:
When I do exposure therapy, why am I not having anxiety attacks? I'm only getting anxiety symptoms, like tension and feeling out of it.
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A 29-year old male asked:
How effective is PEP (post exposure prophylaxis) medication? I have read that old mono-therapies were around 80% effective. What about new treatments?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can a radiation therapy technologist work overtime, or is it not allowed due to too much radiation exposure?
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A 19-year old male asked:
When doing exposure therapy for my social anxiety will talking on the phone help lower my anxiety when talking to people in person?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Is it normal for cognitive behavioral therapy/exposure for anxiety to make you feel tired and kinda down at the start? I can imagine fighting comfort/anxiety is stressful on the body, make sense?
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A 40-year old female asked about a female:
Are there any new treatments for OCd, apart from exposure and delay therapy? also are there any herbal supplement for this problem
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A 27-year old female asked about a 28-year old male:
Fiance has performance anxiety = no sex drive, yet sex dreams. Ocd type o, had exposure therapy and and is on Lexapro (escitalopram) and wellbutin. Any ideas?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I was recently given ceftriaxone (shot), azithromycin (pill) and flagyl (pill) as pre-exposure preventative therapy. Is dark urine a side effect?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is the treatment for toxic exposure?
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A 40-year old female asked:
How long does post exposure rabies treatment provide immunity?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Is rabies post exposure treatment still possible after 8 months?
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A 40-year old asked:
Rabies post exposure treatment is possible after 17 to 18 years or not?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is rabies post exposure treatment still possible after 17 to 18 years ?
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A 20-year old asked:
If Im being treated for syphilis currently, will exposure to syphilis from another infected person regress treatment?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can i get rabies after 7 years of exposure, i didn't get any treatment and dont have any symptoms even after 7 yrs but i am scared.. ?
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A 48-year old male asked about a 53-year old male:
20-30% of body is affected by vitiligo. Any known treatment to reverse the condition? What are appropriate safeguards against sun exposure?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Treatment for syphilis in 2012. Titer went down to 1:1, f/u 6 months later was non-reactive. Latest f/u at 1 year was 1:1 again. No new exposure. Bad?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I have heard if you start treatment for syphilis soon enough before symptoms that you will never be contagious to others. Is that true? How soon does someone become contagious after an exposure?
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A 34-year old female asked:
My dog has just been dx'd w/lymphoma and will undergo treatment w/same drugs for humans. What sort of safety precautions do I need to take to avoid exposure to those chemicals? Can I still hug her and give her kisses?
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A 29-year old asked:
What kind of pills or treatment can somebody get for radiation exposure?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Will the pep treatment work if started a few hours after hiv exposure?
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A 41-year old male asked:
What is the best treatment for skin irritation caused by exposure to fiberglass insulation?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Does effects of long term mold exposure go away on its own, or is medication/treatment nessesary?
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A 27-year old male asked:
At what time empiric treatment for chlamydia is more efficient? Son after exposure? Or a week after exposure?
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A 42-year old asked:
What do patients think of radiation exposure in medicine, for diagnostics and treatment? Do patients get scared?
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