Behavior therapy

Introduction: Behavior therapy

Description of Behavior therapy

Behavior therapy: therapeutic approach in which the focus is on the patient's observable behavior, rather than on conflicts and unconscious processes presumed to underlie his maladaptive behavior; accomplished through systematic manipulation of the environmental and behavioral variables related to the specific behavior to be modified; operant conditioning, systematic desensitization, token economy, aversive control, flooding, and implosion are examples of techniques that may be used in behavior therapy.
Source: CRISP

Behavior therapy: The application of modern theories of learning and conditioning in the treatment of behavior disorders.
Source: MeSH 2007

Behavior therapy: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Behavior therapy:

• Behavior (4608 causes)
• Behavior symptoms (4608 causes)
• Behavior disorder
• Behavior problem
• Therapy
• Concept
• Physical
• Physical symptoms

Terms associated with Behavior therapy:

Terms Similar to Behavior therapy:

• Behavior Modification
• Conditioning Therapy

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Behavior Control

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Behavior therapy:

• Aversive Therapy
• Biofeedback (Psychology)
• Desensitization, Psychologic
• Relaxation Techniques
• Cognitive Therapy

Source - MeSH 2007

• cognitive behavior therapy
• desensitization psychotherapy

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Behavior therapy

• Psychotherapy

Source - MeSH 2007

• psychotherapy

Source - CRISP

The term Behavior therapy can be used for:

• motivational enhancement therapy

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Behavior therapy:

• behavioral medicine
• cardiovascular disorder therapy
• conditioning
• learning
• psychological reinforcement

Source: CRISP

The description of Behavior therapy may also be used for the following terms:

• behavior control
• behavior influence
• behavioral intervention
• instigation therapy
• interactive therapy
• intervention program
• intervention therapy
• relaxation therapy
• relaxation training
• replication therapy

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Behavior therapy

The following list attempts to classify Behavior therapy into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
  • Psychotherapy
    • Behavior Therapy

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Individual psychotherapy
• Procedures related to the psyche
• MISCELLANEOUS DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
• PROCEDURES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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