Tag: Behavioural prescription

  • Habit Reversal Tip #9: Discover your skin-safe behaviours

    Habit Reversal Tip #9: Discover your skin-safe behaviours

    There are two parts to the advice for Level Three of The Combined Approach to atopic eczema: habit reversal. First, the specific instruction of forming light fists and holding the arms still for 30 seconds, followed if necessary by pinching or pressing a nail against any itchy skin. Second, more general strategies for provocative or…

  • Habit reversal Tip #12 The Telephone is Scratchogenic!

    Habit reversal Tip #12 The Telephone is Scratchogenic!

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  • Habit Reversal Tip #17 The Behavioural Prescription

    Habit Reversal Tip #17 The Behavioural Prescription

    The Combined Approach to atopic eczema adds a behavioural prescription In addition to skin treatment that can be obtained “over the counter” without prescription, and the prescribed medical treatment, The Combined Approach adds a behavioural treatment, habit reversal training. Using The Combined Approach, collecting data about scratching allows a treatment plan to be put together. After…

  • Key Elements In Habit Reversal For Chronic Atopic Eczema

    Essentials for success when treating habitual scratching The Combined Approach for chronic atopic eczema includes the behaviour modification techniquehabit reversal for habitual scratching. This is the cause of the skin thickening, or lichenification, that can be linked poor treatment outcome, and frequent relapses. Here are six key elements for success for this use of habit…

  • Behavioural Prescriptions for Atopic Eczema

    Behavioural Prescriptions for Atopic Eczema

    Behavioural prescriptions are part of The Combined Approach Part Two of the patient handbook for The Combined Approach to chronic atopic eczema has a homework task called the behavioural prescription. Having spent a week following awareness training in Part One of the programme, looking at the record of common scratching situations allows the drawing up…