PT Journal
AU Skobrtal, P
   Bazinkova, E
   Chalupova, M
TI The Possibilities Of Using A Stress Profile In Psychotherapy
SO Cognitive Remediation Journal
PY 2021
BP 11
EP 13
VL 10
IS 1
DI 10.5507/crj.2021.002
DE CBT; stress profile; psychophysiology; biofeedback
AB A stress profile is a result of psychophysiological activity measurements of the patient during the mental strain situations, which are mostly induced by various test situations. From the physiological variables heart rate, skin conductance, blood volume pulse, respiration rate, temperature and EMG are usually measured. This gives us an objective view of how the patient responds to stress situations. The stress profile then serves to educate the patient: we can clearly explain how his/her body responds to stress and at the same time it provides us with an objective measure of how the patient's therapy progresses. The main advantage of the stress profile is that in this way it is possible to describe to the patient the functioning of the body properly and accurately and shed light on the relationship between the mental and physiological responses of his/her body.
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