Use of Exposure Techniques in a Psychology Clinic
The aim of this work is to explore the use of exposure techniques at the health care context of a clinical psychology facility. Different modalities of exposure techniques, their frequency of usage - both across the entire sample and considering different diagnostic groups – and their relationship t...
| Autor Principal: | Gómez Mirón, Laura; Clínica Universitaria de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
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| Otros Autores: | Bernaldo-de-Quirós, Mónica; Departamento de Psicología Clínica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Labrador, Francisco J.; Departamento de Psicología Clínica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Fernández-Arias, Ignacio; Clínica Universitaria de Psicología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Estupiñá, Francisco J.; Clínica Universitaria de Psicología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Blanco, Carmen; Clínica Universitaria de Psicología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2013
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| Acceso en línea: |
http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/3095 |
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The aim of this work is to explore the use of exposure techniques at the
health care context of a clinical psychology facility. Different modalities of
exposure techniques, their frequency of usage - both across the entire sample and considering different diagnostic groups – and their relationship to the treatment results, were analysed. From the 880 patients with diverse diagnosis treated at the University Psychology Clinic of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, 67.2% were women, with a mean of 32.79 years. Results show that exposure techniques were used in 39.5% of total cases, being gradual exposure the most frequent (31.6%). Exposure techniques were employed foremost on anxiety disorders (70.8%), somatoform disorders (47.4%), and sexual disorders (47.1%). Also, it was observed that exposure techniques were used more often in cases with one or more comorbid diagnosis (55.4 vs. 36.3%).
74.1% of the patients treated with exposure techniques received therapeutic discharge, while 61.9% of patients not treated with exposure techniques were discharged. The results are discussed, emphasizing the utility of exposure techniques to treat avoidant or fearful behaviour regardless of the diagnosis. |
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