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Patients Often Need Reassurance and Orientation to Their ________ While

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Patients often need reassurance and orientation to their ________ while emerging from general anesthesia or heavy sedation.


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Joseph Wolpe

A psychiatrist known for developing systematic desensitization, a behavior therapy method for reducing anxiety through gradual exposure.

Sigmund Freud

A neurologist from Austria who established psychoanalysis as a therapeutic technique for addressing mental disorders through conversational interactions between a psychoanalyst and their patient.

Counterconditioning

A method used in behavioral therapy where a positive reaction is substituted for a negative or undesirable response to a particular stimulus.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his research in classical conditioning, demonstrating how animals learn to associate a neutral stimulus with a significant one, leading to a learned response.

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