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emotional processing theory

emotional processing theory Emotional processing theory is a view of exposure-based therapy that says improvement happens as conditioned fear links weaken and a person’s fear or distress decreases during an exposure session and across repeated sessions.

Emotional processing theory is a view of exposure-based therapy that says improvement happens as conditioned fear links weaken and a person’s fear or distress decreases during an exposure session and across repeated sessions. In this account, habituation within and between sessions is a key process behind treatment effects.

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Drafting source: Elsner Björn; Jacobi Tanja; Kischkel Eva; Schulze Daniel; Reuter Benedikt. Mechanisms of exposure and response prevention in obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects of habituation and expectancy violation on short-term outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy. 2022; DOI 10.1186/s12888-022-03701-z; article XML SHA-256 20cd8915f635547f691fcc4e00c32006aea99d4c594485fe30f2d6918e4bb527. “Mechanisms of exposure and response prevention in obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects of habituation and expectancy violation on short-term outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy” (10.1186/s12888-022-03701-z).
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