Thrusting the Head Forward to Contact an Incoming Soccer Ball

question 98

Short Answer

Thrusting the head forward to contact an incoming soccer ball is an example of ________.

Understand the correlation between addictive disorders and other mental health disorders.

Recognize the financial and social costs of co-occurring disorders.

Identify the prevalence of depression and anxiety among individuals with alcoholism.

Know the essential texts for counseling within a Twelve Step model for addictive and COD clients.

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Definitions:

Exposure Therapy

Any therapeutic procedure that repeatedly confronts the person with a stimulus that typically elicits an undesirable behaviour or an unwanted emotional response until the behaviour or response no longer occurs.

Systematic Desensitization

A therapeutic technique whereby patients imagine the lowest feared stimuli and combine this image with a relaxation response. Patients gradually work their way up the fear hierarchy so that they can learn to handle increasingly disturbing stimuli.

Behavioral Activation

A therapeutic approach that encourages engagement in positively reinforcing activities to treat depression and other mental health issues.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process by which a behavior is strengthened or increased in frequency by a consequence that follows the behavior.