Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
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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...
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Status: Strong Research Support What does this mean? Description Cognitive and...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for adult ADHD
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD Description Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adult ADHD provides concrete strategies and skills...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Status: Modest Research Support for Post-Hospitalization Relapse Prevention Status: Controversial for Acute Weight Gain Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a behavioral therapy that is based on Relational Frame Theory, a theory of how human language influences...
Paradoxical Intention for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support Paradoxical intention is a cognitive technique that consists of persuading a patient to engage in his or her most...
Behavioral Weight Management
Basic premise: Eating and activity behaviors are reinforced by cues and consequences that can be internal (e.g., thoughts and feelings) or external...
Smoking Cessation with Weight Gain Prevention
Status: Modest Research Support Smoking Cessation with Weight Gain Prevention is a cognitive behavioral treatment that fosters tobacco cessation...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Basic premise: The underlying premise assumes that patients with OCD experience distorted, dysfunctional thoughts about themselves, the world, and...
Stimulus Control Therapy for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support The main goal in stimulus control therapy is to reduce the anxiety or conditioned arousal individuals may feel when...
Sleep Restriction Therapy for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support Sleep restriction therapy utilizes a form of systematic sleep deprivation in which a sleep window is established and...