METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POST CLINICAL TREATMENT OF DEPENDENCY RELAPSES
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1. A method for treating a patient for a dependency relapse, including:
- in a treatment center, testing the patient to identify addictive cues indicative of triggering the dependency relapse;
exposing the patient to perceptible stimuli to treat the respective dependency relapse;
examining the patient to select selected perceptible treatment stimuli effective to counteract the respective addictive cues;
converting the selected stimuli to corresponding recordable signals;
recording the recordable signals in a portable media device in association with an index, the portable media device having a selection menu with controls coordinated with the index to recall the recordable signals and produce reproduced stimuli corresponding with the treatment stimuli;
releasing the patient from the treatment center to a different venue; and
giving the patient possession of the portable media device to access the controls to, upon sensing the addictive cues, actuate the controls to produce the respective reproduced stimuli corresponding with the selected perceptible treatment stimuli.
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Abstract
Selecting a portable recording device having a selection menu with controls coordinated with an index to recall therapeutic signals to reproduce stimuli corresponding with pre-recorded stimuli to treat the patient.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for treating a patient for a dependency relapse, including:
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in a treatment center, testing the patient to identify addictive cues indicative of triggering the dependency relapse; exposing the patient to perceptible stimuli to treat the respective dependency relapse; examining the patient to select selected perceptible treatment stimuli effective to counteract the respective addictive cues; converting the selected stimuli to corresponding recordable signals; recording the recordable signals in a portable media device in association with an index, the portable media device having a selection menu with controls coordinated with the index to recall the recordable signals and produce reproduced stimuli corresponding with the treatment stimuli; releasing the patient from the treatment center to a different venue; and giving the patient possession of the portable media device to access the controls to, upon sensing the addictive cues, actuate the controls to produce the respective reproduced stimuli corresponding with the selected perceptible treatment stimuli. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for treating a patient for a dependency relapse, including:
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in a treatment center, testing the patient to identify addictive cues indicative of triggering the respective dependency relapse; exposing the patient to perceptible stimuli to treat the dependency relapse; examining the patient to select selected perceptible treatment stimuli effective to counteract the respective addictive cues; converting the selected perceptible treatment stimuli to corresponding recordable signals; recording the recordable signals in a portable media device of the type having controls coordinated with the recordable signals to recall the recordable signals as reproduced stimuli; and instructing the patient to, in the event the patient senses one of the addictive cues, actuate the controls associated with the recorded signal pertaining to the selected perceptible treatment stimuli to treat the one of the addictive cues by perceiving the corresponding reproduced stimuli.
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12. A method for treating a patient for a dependency relapse, including:
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in a treatment center, testing the patient to identify addictive cues indicative of triggering the respective dependency relapse; sensing from the patient an unconscious biological signal present concurrently with the perceptible stimuli, the unconscious biological signal comprising at least one brainwave; identifying characteristics in the unconscious biological signal indicative of the relapse; exhibiting at least a portion of the unconscious biological signal to the patient; presenting to the patient perceptible treatment stimuli effective to counteract the respective addictive cues; teaching the patient to consciously change his or her unconscious biological signal against the relapse in the presence of the perceptible treatment stimuli; examining the patient to select selected perceptible treatment stimuli effective to counteract the addictive cues; synchronizing the selected perceptible treatment stimuli to the unconscious biological signal; converting the selected perceptible treatment stimuli to corresponding recordable signals; recording the recordable signals in a portable media device in association with an index, the portable media device having a selection menu with controls coordinated with the index to recall the recordable signals and produce reproduced stimuli corresponding with the selected perceptible treatment stimuli; releasing the patient from the treatment center to a different venue; and enabling the patient to use the controls to recall the recordable signals to present perceptible reproduced stimuli corresponding with the addictive cues to treat the dependency relapse at the different venue.
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13. A method of treating a patient for a dependency relapse comprising the steps of:
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selecting an addictive cue indicative of the relapse; teaching the patient to achieve a particular mental state effective to counteract the addictive cue; associating a therapeutic signal with the particular mental state; exhibiting the therapeutic signal to the patient; teaching the patient to achieve the mental state when the patient perceives the therapeutic signal; recording the therapeutic signal in a portable media device in association with an index, the portable media device having a selection menu with controls coordinated with the index to recall the therapeutic signal and produce reproduced stimuli corresponding with the therapeutic signal; and enabling the patient to use the controls to recall the reproduced stimuli in the event the patient perceives the addicting cue to induce the patient toward the particular mental state effective counteract the addicting cue. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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