Sentences with phrase «pharmacological treatment strategies»

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«A strategy to protect the remaining amounts of insulin produced by diabetics in response to blood sugar levels is an attractive treatment alternative, particularly in the early stages of type II diabetes,» said Dr. Seeliger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.

Dr. Elias and the OCAR primarily focus on understanding why ERP works (e.g., fear tolerance versus fear habituation; the roles of guilt, willingness, and acceptance; patterns of brain activation during exposure; functional connectivity among brain regions), tailoring treatment to the individual (e.g., elucidation of predictors of response and their underlying processes / mechanisms and neural correlates; rigorous diagnostic characterization of obsessive compulsive related disorders), and evaluating innovative treatments and augmentation strategies (e.g., acceptance and commitment therapy; optimization of inhibitory learning; pharmacological augmentation).

Although some people with hoarding problems may respond well to pharmacological strategies used in the treatment of OCD — such as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)-- the most effective treatment, says Dr Jeffreys, is behavioural therapy.

To be successful, these dietary strategies need to ensure a high response without the side effects of pharmacological treatments.

Ideally, treating pharmacologists would be blind to concurrent psychosocial treatments, and the effects of CFF - CBT or other novel treatments could be distinguished from the impact of specific pharmacological agents or dosing strategies.