tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063416407663011642.post7657794943160430975..comments2024-03-12T14:30:18.196-07:00Comments on End Eczema: A wider perspective on habit reversal to reduce eczema scratchingSpanish Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01839125247451906949noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063416407663011642.post-82826131581537241532016-10-08T22:48:44.298-07:002016-10-08T22:48:44.298-07:00Habit Reversal Therapy is a complementary treatmen...Habit Reversal Therapy is a complementary treatment best used in moderate to severe eczema under the care of a Dermatologist. It is a simple behavioural therapy that works to break down the subcortical (primitive brain) automatic movements that produce non-deliberate scratching. This non-deliberate scratching flares the skin's inflammatory response, introduces infection to the skin and damages the skin and all of these processes make itching worse (the itch scratch cycle). The habit reversal therapy exercise reduces striatal chunking, an automatic movement 'program'in the basa1 ganglia. The 2007 article could be used by a psychologist to learn and provide the treatment. Or a person with eczema can do it themselves as long as you practice the 'competing response' over and over againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com