Although Not Advocated by Physicians, Apitherapy Has Been Used to Treat

question 9

Multiple Choice

Although not advocated by physicians, apitherapy has been used to treat which of the following disease processes?

• A) Myasthenia gravis
• B) Neuropathy
• C) Osteoarthritis
• D) Dementia

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Definitions:

Institutionalized Patients

Refers to individuals who are living in and receiving treatment in a hospital, psychiatric facility, or correctional institution for long periods.

Operant Conditioning

An instruction method that manipulates the intensity of behaviors through encouragement or inhibitory measures.

Token Economy

A form of behavior modification that involves rewarding desirable behaviors with tokens that can be exchanged for goods or privileges.

Aversive Conditioning

a process of learning involving an unpleasant or harmful stimulus or reinforcement that results in the reduction of an unwanted behavior.