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Behavior therapy.

Publication: Clinical Reference Systems
Publication Date: 01-NOV-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Behavior therapy.(Behavioral Health Advisor 2006)

Article Excerpt
What is behavior therapy?

Behavior therapy helps people with mental disorders by helping them change behavior patterns.

Behavior therapy is based on several theories about how people learn and why they develop certain behavior patterns. Those theories include:

* classical conditioning

* operant conditioning

* social learning.

Behavior therapy can help with:

* anxiety

* changing negative habits such as smoking, overeating, thumb-sucking, bedwetting, and nail biting

* depression

* obsessive compulsive disorder

* substance abuse

* sleep disorders.

What is classical conditioning?

Classical conditioning is one of the ways habits are acquired.

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