Status: Modest Research Support Contingency management (CM) treatments evolved from basic behavioral research demonstrating that a behavior that is...
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Psychoanalytic Treatment for Panic Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support/Controversial Psychoanalytic treatment for panic disorder attempts to uncover the unconscious psychological meaning...
Relaxation Training for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Disorder
Basic premise: Thoughts, feelings and behaviors are inter-related, so altering one can help to alleviate problems in another. Essence of therapy:...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Basic premise: thoughts, feelings and behaviors are inter-related, so altering one can help to alleviate problems in another Essence of therapy:...
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Disorders of Overcontrol
Basic premise: Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy or RO DBT significantly differs from other treatment approaches, most notably by linking...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Basic premise: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common gastrointestinal disorder, affecting up to 15% of adults worldwide. Lacking a...
Systematic Treatment Selection for General Outpatient Populations
Basic premise: STS is an evidence based treatment that uses empirical principles to compile an integrated treatment plan to identify procedures that...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Status: Modest Research Support for Post-Hospitalization Relapse Prevention Status: Controversial for Acute Weight Gain Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...
Biofeedback-Based Treatments for Insomnia
Status: Modest Research Support Biofeedback is a training technique that conveys information about a patients’ bodily functions that are typically...
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorders
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcohol use Disorders (ABCT) is an outpatient treatment for individuals with alcohol use disorders and their intimate...
Exposure Therapies for Specific Phobias
Status: Strong Research Support Exposure-based therapies reflect a variety of behavioral approaches that are all based on exposing the phobic...