behavior therapy , techniques and indication

1. By Saurabh Kumar, Dept. Of MHN, RCN ,
Kanpur

2. •It is a form of treatment for problems in which a
trained person deliberately establishes a
professional relationship with the patient , with the
objective of removing or modifying existing
symptoms and promoting positive personality.
•It involves identifying mal – adaptive behaviors and
seeking to correct these by applying the principles
of learning.

3. •All behavior is learned.
•Human beings can be learned by conditioned
or to do anything if correct responses are
rewarded or reinforced.
•Maladaptive behavior can be unlearned and
replaced by adaptive behavior.
•Behavioral assessment is focused more on the
current behavior rather than old historical
antecedents.
•Treatment strategies are individuality tailored.

4. 1. Systematic desensitization : in this
patients attain a state of complete
relaxation and are then exposed to the
stimulus that elicits the anxiety
response. The negative reaction of
anxiety is inhibited by the relaxed
state, a process called reciprocal
inhibition.
Indication : phobia, OCD, certain sexual
disoreder

5. •The patient is directly exposed to the
phobic stimulus, but escape is made
impossible.
•By prolonged contact with the phobic
stimulus, the therapist’s guidance and
encouragement and his modeling behavior
reduce anxiety.
Indication : specific phobias

6. •Pairing of the pleasant stimulus with an
unpleasant response, so that even in
absence of the unpleasant response the
pleasant stimulus becomes unpleasant by
association.
•Unpleasant response is produced by
electric stimulus , drugs , social disapproval
or even fantasy.
•Indication : alcohol abuse, parahilias ,
homosexuality, transvestism.

7. When a behavioral response is followed by a
generally rewarding event such as food,
praise or gifts. This techniques is used to
increase desired behavior.

8. In this method by modeling , shaping,
chaining individual learn new task and new
behavior. In modeling demonstrate task
followed by individual. In shaping
reinforcing behavior step by step. In
chaining a complex task turn divided in
short task.

9. In this techniques discourage maladaptive
behavior by ignoring, punishment, timeout ,
restitution and response cost.