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- Title
Cognitive Drill Therapy: A Potent Application of the Principles of Psychology for OCD and Phobia.
- Authors
Kumar, Rakesh; Dubey, Bankey L.
- Abstract
Cognitive Drill Therapy (CDT) capitalizes on the principles of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, cognitive appraisal and linguistics. Combined together in a customized manner, application of these principles have the potentials of efficient handling of stimulus bound anxiety more specifically phobia and Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In these disorders, exposures to neutral objects tend to trigger fear reactions amounting to panic in some cases. The patients learn to deal with these fears by avoiding as far as possible the exposure to such fear provoking stimuli. For example, a person with claustrophobia exhibit fear reaction in closed places. As and when such patient comes into contact with closed places like lift, MRI Scanner, metro trains, closed bathroom etc. will experience severe anxiety reaction. To prevent the experiences of fear reactions, he/she will avoid these situations by opting staircase even in multistory buildings, Open MRI Scan or scanning under anesthesia; avoid using metros and take bath in open bathrooms. The avoidance in this manner reinforces the patients' strategy and the patients adopt a life style which minimally involves exposure to closed places. Whatever, is the lifestyle adopted by the patients to avoid closed places or objects of any phobia for that matter imposes limitations on the optimal functioning of the patients. The life is crippled in many cases.
- Subjects
COGNITION disorders; PSYCHOLOGICAL criticism; REACTION time; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS
- Publication
SIS Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0971-6610
- Publication type
Article