Melissa's therapist encourages her to interpret her emotional and physical tension as normal anxiety and to redirect her attention from herself to others in social situations. The therapist is using which behavioral treatment?
a. exposure therapy
b. systematic desensitization
c. modeling
d. cognitive restructuring
Question 2
Sue screams for her husband every time she sees a spider or a spider web. Even if the spider is dead, she starts to shake in terror. She often calls her husband and begs him to deal with the spider immediately. Sue finally agrees to see a therapist. Over several sessions, she views videos of people picking up spiders, then watches her therapist pick up a plastic spider in the office, and then a real spider. Finally, Sue is able to pick up a spider herself and place it outside. The therapy described is known as ____.
a. flooding
b. modeling
c. systematic desensitization
d. exposure
Nursing Interventions for Different Levels of Anxiety
Normal and enlarged tonsils.
Physical Activity Pyramid
Equipment Used During the Physical Assessment
Normal electrocardiogram tracing