Behavior Therapy, made By Sonal Patel

1. F.Y.M.Sc(N)
Student

3. BHAVIOUR THERAPY
• DEFINITION
“It is the systematic
application of scientific
principles of learning and a
form of psychotherapy; aims
at changing maladaptive
behavior by substituting it
with adaptive behavior”

4. PURPOSES
Permanent change in behaviour
occurs as a result of practice or
experience.
Correction of the abnormal
psycho-dynamics which are
contributing to the illness.

5. THEORIES OF LEARNING
Classical
Conditioning
Operant
Conditioning

6. GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF BEHAVIOUR
THERAPY
Generally dependence on principle of learning.
Close observation of behaviour.
Concentration on the symptoms as they are
target for therapy
A commitment to objective evaluation of
efficacy

7. INDICATIONS
Chart

8. TECHNIQUES IN BEHAVIOUR
THERAPY
A. Relaxation
training
B. Hierarchy
construction
C.
Desensitization
of the stimulus
1. Systematic Desensitization

9. Cont…
2.Flooding:
• The patient is directly exposed
to the phobic stimulus, but
escape is made impossible.
• Use in specific phobia,
stammering

10. 3.Aversion Therapy:
Put Cigarette in
mouth
Nauseating
Feeling
Rapid Smoking
Pleasurable
Stimulation
Continue to
Smoke
Desire to
Smoke
reduced

11. •Model
4. Operant
conditioning
procedures
for increasing
adaptive
behaviour:

12. 5. Operant conditioning procedures
to teach new behaviour:
Indication-
• Rehabilitation of physically
handicapped children with neurotic
behaviour, autism.
Modeling Shaping Chaining

13. A. Modeling:
• Teaching by demonstration, wherein
the therapist shows how a specific
behavior is to be performed.
• This will make the patient repeat the
same behaviour & earn rewards in
same manner.

14. B. Shaping:
• The components of a particular skill,
behaviour is reinforced step by step.
The Therapist starts shaping by
reinforcing the existing behaviour.

15. C. Chaining

16. 6. Decreasing maladaptive
behaviour :
A. Extinction / ignoring:
Removal of attention
rewards
permanently,
following a problem
behaviour

17. B. Punishment :

18. C. Timeout

19. d. Restitution (Over
correction)

20. e. Response cost

21. 7. Assertiveness and social
skill training :
• Given training to bring about
change in emotional and other
behavioral pattern by being
assertive & improve social
manners like encouraging eye
contact, speaking .

23. Summary

24. Assignment
• Write down Nursing Role in Behavior
Therapy.
• Submitted on 21/10/2018