Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
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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...
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 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...