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BEHAVIORAL THERAPY [7 records]

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Record 1 2014-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A form of psychotherapy employing conditioned response techniques.

OBS

Behavior therapy is based on the theory that emotional problems arise because the individual has either failed to learn effective responses or has acquired faulty behavior patterns.

Key term(s)
  • behavioral therapy
  • behavioural therapy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
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Record 2 2014-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
CONT

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia aims to improve sleep habits and behaviors. The cognitive part of CBT-I teaches you to recognize and change beliefs that affect your ability to sleep. For instance, this may include learning how to control or eliminate negative thoughts and worries that keep you awake. The behavioral part of CBT-I helps you develop good sleep habits and avoid behaviors that keep you from sleeping well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
CONT

L’efficacité des traitements cognitivo-comportementaux de l’insomnie a été mise en évidence dans de nombreux travaux scientifiques. Cette méthode qui regroupe différentes techniques héritées du courant cognitivo-comportemental est efficace à long terme tant pour l’insomnie primaire que pour les insomnies associées à d’autres pathologies.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT) combines traditional behavioral interventions (such as communication skills training) with strategies aimed at increasing emotional acceptance and relationship enhancement.

Key term(s)
  • integrated behavioural couples therapy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

La thérapie de couple comportementale intégrative [...] L'idée de base de l'approche de Jacobson et Christensen est qu'il faut intégrer la notion d'acceptation dans la théorie comportementale de couple et utiliser des stratégies pour favoriser l'acceptation en thérapie de couple.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Behavioral activation therapy has its roots in psychotherapy theories such as cognitive therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy. Core principles of behavioral activation therapy include "structure and schedule activities that follow a plan, not a mood," "emphasize a problem-solving empirical approach, and recognize that all results are useful," and "emphasize activities that are naturally reinforcing." One of the purposes of behavioral activation therapy is to "activate" clients into changing behaviors and thinking patterns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

[...] deux ans après la fin du traitement, les individus ayant bénéficié d'une thérapie d'activation comportementale n'ont pas montré de taux de rechute dépressive supérieurs à ceux ayant bénéficié d'une thérapie cognitive classique [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The study of behavioral causes and effects of disease.

Key term(s)
  • behavioral therapy
  • behavioural therapy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

Thérapie comportementale : thérapie qui vise à soigner par une modification du comportement.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

The three main variants of cognitive behavior therapy are Ellis's rational emotive therapy (RET), Meichenbaum's self instructional training (SET), and Beck's cognitive therapy. All these therapies are broadly similar and all attempt to enable cognitive change, now frequently called cognitive restructuring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
OBS

Le cognitivisme se présentait comme une nouvelle révolution capable d'élargir des thérapies comportementales, voire pour certains de faire sortir la psychologie de la "longue et ennuyeuse nuit du behaviorisme" (Bunge, 1980).

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Behavioral marital therapy focuses on changing thoughts and feelings within the context of modifying interactions patterns. This may be accomplished through a variety of different strategies including: (1) changing moment-to-moment interactions through communication skills training; (2) changing daily patterns through behavioral exchange; (3) changing long-term patterns by improving coping skills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

La thérapie comportementale de couple a été mise au point par Jacobson et Margolin (1977) qui se sont fondés essentiellement sur le développement des compétences sociales, de la communication positive et des capacités de résolution de problème.

Spanish

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