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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POST CLINICAL TREATMENT OF DEPENDENCY RELAPSES

  • US 20100009324A1
  • Filed: 07/14/2008
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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