METHOD OF TREATING NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61B5/16 A61M21/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine and can be used for treatment of negative emotional experiences in short term. At first, patient verbalises in word or phrase a negative emotional experience. After that, they concentrate on their body sensations, detect theirs(head, chest, abdomen). Then, doctor determines presence of macrosaccades in smooth circular movement of eyes when they follow a moving object (for instance, a pencil) within motor vision field of eye. After that, patient closes eyes, covers them with hands and peers into darkness. First, there will be black background before eyes. Then, some points, strips, colours, etc. start to appear against it. Patient concentrates on the image they see. After that, doctor touches with a hand the place of patient's body sensation. At the same time patient is suggested to make chaotic movements by eye balls under eyelids for 15-40 seconds and repeat aloud or to themselves a word or phrase, which characterises negative emotional experience. Movements of eyeballs are stopped in the quadrant of detected macrosaccade. After that, patient's closed eyes are lit by pocket torch from the distance of 10-20 cm for 10-15 sec. Course of treatment constitutes 1-3 procedures.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to activate and stimulate process of information processing due to focusing patient's attention simultaneously on five stimuli.

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