Behaviour therapy for medical practice

The Practice of Behaviour Therapy

three years ago, Wolpe and Lazarus's book Behaviour Therapy Techniques first appeared. Wolpe's new book is, in effect, a second edition of that earlier work, his own contributions having been taken out and supplemented by new material. Many passages in the two books are identical, many others have been altered in quite minor ways, and there is some new material. This includes new chapters on va...

Conventional practice for medical conditions for chronic opioid therapy.

When considering chronic opioid therapy (COT) for chronic noncancer pain, it has been proposed that it is prudent to contemplate 4 questions which may be useful and influence medical decision making (1): 1. What is the conventional practice? 2. Are there reasonable alternatives to COT? 3. What is the risk of adverse events? 4. Is the patient likely to be a responsible drug-taker? Question 4 – (...

Ultra-Short-Wave Therapy in Medical Practice

are the basis of visible and still shorter wave radiations. The electric waves in the narrow sense of the Hertzian waves occur as the result of oscillations of fairly large electric charges in oscillatory circuits. With a frequency of 10s cycles per second the wave-length is 3 metres and with 107 cycles per second it is 30 metres. The wave-lengths we are now concerned with are generally between...

Modern Medical Therapy in General Practice

Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is one of the major and potentially severe mental illnesses. Even with best practices, there are limitations to the effectiveness of treatments that include medications for this disorder. Relapse rates are high and often those with the illness remain symptomatic and functionally impaired. All the evidence suggests that individuals with schizophrenia do best with a combination of p...