Possible mechanisms for why desensitization and exposure therapy work

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-95

  Tryon, Warren W ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure therapy; Learning memory mechanism; Systematic desensitization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; EMOTION; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EMOTIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 21644439774     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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