psychotherapy

Behavior Therapy: Forms, Reasons, and Process

What is behavioral therapy? Behavioral therapy developed as a counter-movement to psychoanalysis. It emerged from the school of so-called behaviorism, which shaped psychology in the 20th century. While Freudian psychoanalysis concentrates primarily on interpretations of unconscious conflicts, behaviorism focuses on observable behavior. The aim is to examine human behavior objectively. Classical conditioning The experiments of … Behavior Therapy: Forms, Reasons, and Process

Borderline Therapy: Psychotherapy, Self-Help

How can borderline syndrome be treated? There are various forms of therapy for the treatment of borderline syndrome: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). The breakthrough in borderline treatment was made by the US therapist Marsha M. Linehan. She developed Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), which is specially tailored to borderline patients. This is a special form of … Borderline Therapy: Psychotherapy, Self-Help

Psychotherapy: Types, Reasons, and Process

What is psychotherapy? Psychotherapy can be used to treat psychological problems – for example, when a person’s thoughts, feelings, experiences and actions are disturbed and no organic cause can be found as a trigger. Common mental disorders include anxiety disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and addictive disorders. Psychotherapy can be conducted on an inpatient or outpatient … Psychotherapy: Types, Reasons, and Process

Stroke symptoms

With increasing cardiovascular disease, the risk of stroke is also on the rise. Various risk factors such as age, smoking or high blood pressure favor this. Although strokes occur more frequently in older people, they can also occur in young adults or children. The following text describes how strokes occur, how they are recognized and … Stroke symptoms

Therapy | Stroke symptoms

Therapy First and foremost, it is important to remove the thrombus as quickly as possible: high blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for strokes, is also controlled by medication. In order to prevent further strokes, the patient is given anticoagulant medication on a permanent basis. In the case of cerebral hemorrhages, for example, … Therapy | Stroke symptoms

Summary | Stroke symptoms

Summary With a healthy lifestyle and targeted therapy, patients can improve their health status even after a stroke. Prevention is particularly relevant for the patient in order to reduce the risk of further strokes. It is a life-threatening disease that requires immediate treatment. The earlier the treatment begins, the less discomfort the patient experiences and … Summary | Stroke symptoms

Pareses | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Pareses By paresis, doctors understand an incomplete paralysis of a muscle, a muscle group or a whole extremity. The difference to plegia is that although the muscle strength in this area is significantly reduced, residual functions still exist. Pareses are caused by a neurological disorder. The stroke disrupts the so-called 2nd motoneuron (motor nerve cells … Pareses | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Exercises after a stroke | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Exercises after a stroke It is important that the remaining residual functions are stimulated and trained as early as possible in order to maintain and promote them. In addition, other intact brain structures should be trained so that they can take over the tasks of any brain areas that have been disturbed. The choice of … Exercises after a stroke | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Alternative treatment measures | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Alternative treatment measures A stroke means serious changes for the affected person and his social environment. A multidisciplinary treatment is necessary. Therefore, most patients receive occupational therapy in parallel to physiotherapy. In this therapy, ADL (activities of daily life, such as washing, dressing) are trained, among other things, in order to enable the affected person … Alternative treatment measures | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?