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COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY [2 records]

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Record 1 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 2 2009-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A form of behavior therapy that tries to help people control anxiety and depression by teaching them more effective ways of interpreting and thinking about their experiences.

DEF

A form of psychological treatment that attempts to change the thoughts or behaviours [which] help to maintain a psychological disorder. Examples of cognitive therapy techniques include cognitive restructuring, hypothesis testing, and coping self-statements. Behavioural strategies include exposure therapy, relaxation training, and a variety of other techniques.

OBS

Related terms: cognitive-behavio(u)ral treatment, cognitive-behavioral intervention. "Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy": Source - PASCAL database.

CONT

... literature on cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents ... Graded exposure and response prevention form the core of treatment; anxiety management training and OCD-specific family interventions may play an adjunctive role ... Conclusions: abundant clinical and emerging empirical evidence suggest that cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, along or in combination with pharmacotherapy, is an effective treatment for OCD ... Controlled studies have established manual-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the first-line treatment of choice for bulimia nervosa ... [Source: PASCAL database].

PHR

receptivity, responsiveness, to cognitive behavior therapy.

Key term(s)
  • cognitive behaviour therapy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

Source : base de données PASCAL. Phraséologie connexe : techniques thérapeutiques cognitives et comportementales, approche cognitivo-comportementale.

CONT

Les thérapies cognitivo-comportementales (TCC) sont de plus en plus utilisées dans les traitements psychiatriques [Source : base de données PASCAL].

PHR

appliquer une thérapie cognitivo-comportementale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
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