Post Date December, 03 2023
In the behavioral treatment of impotence, some are based on the theory of conditioned reflex. Among the methods of behavioral therapy, systemic desensitization therapy is one of them, which is mainly used to treat impotent patients with anxiety and fear. It is carried out in the following steps:
Step 1: Muscle relaxation training. In systemic desensitization therapy, muscle relaxation is the key to success. The patient should first tighten the muscles of all parts of the body, and then gradually relax until the whole body is completely relaxed. Therefore, before treatment, doctors should give basic guidance and training to patients, so that patients can imagine themselves in a relaxed and happy environment.
Step 2: Grade anxiety. According to the different anxiety levels of patients, the psychologist helps patients to rank in order of priority, and allows patients to do self-evaluation and anxiety standard tests.
Step 3: Perform desensitization training according to the arranged anxiety level. The doctor describes to the patient the situation that can cause the least anxiety, and asks the patient to imagine that he is in this situation, and at the same time carries out training. That is to say, let the patient train repeatedly under the stimulation of this level of anxiety until the patient can maintain relaxation in this anxiety situation. When they no longer have anxiety, or their anxiety level is greatly reduced, they can conduct the next higher level of anxiety training. If you can't relax at any time in a certain level of anxiety situation, you can return to the original lower level for training again. Systematic desensitization therapy is successful when the patient is trained to imagine the most frightening situation and can remain relaxed.
The desensitization method of behavioral therapy system is given a grade of training every 3 to 4 days, and each treatment is about 30 to 40 minutes. However, desensitization therapy may sometimes fail due to individual differences and artificial reasons. The reasons are as follows:
(1) Relaxation training is not successful, and patients cannot relax all parts of their body.
(2) The grades of anxiety situations are not properly divided, and the differences between grades are too large.
(3) The doctor's training and imaginative clues for patients before treatment are wrong.
In general, as long as we pay attention to the above three aspects, the effective rate of desensitization therapy will be much higher.
