Secondary Prevention Refers to Screening for the Detection of Antecedent

question 12

True/False

Secondary prevention refers to screening for the detection of antecedent conditions that predispose to disease and are curable by effective treatment or detection of disease at an early stage when effective treatment is likely to restore health.

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Definitions:

Desensitization

A therapeutic technique aimed at reducing a person's emotional response to a stimulus by repeated exposure to it.

Reprocessing

A psychological technique aimed at helping individuals process and integrate traumatic memories or problematic experiences.

Virtual Reality

A computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real way.

Confederates

Individuals who secretly work with researchers to act as part of an experiment's social setting but whose behavior is rehearsed or controlled to manipulate the social context.