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Behavioral Techniques refer to a coping strategy in which patients are taught to monitor and evaluate their own behavior and to modify their reactions to pain.

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Behavioral telehealth refers to health care delivered over the telephone or through other technical means such as the Internet.

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Behavioral theories refer to theories that focus on an individual's history of reinforcements and punishments as causes for abnormal behavior.

Behavioral theory of depression refers to a view that depression results from negative life events that represent a reduction in positive reinforcement ; sympathetic responses to depressive behavior then serve as positive reinforcement for the depression itself

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Deutsch: Verhaltenstherapie / Español: Terapia Conductual / Português: Terapia Comportamental / Français: Thérapie Comportementale / Italian: Terapia Comportamentale

Behavioral Therapy is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing maladaptive behaviours through systematic techniques and interventions. Rooted in the principles of behaviourism, this therapy is based on the idea that all behaviours are learned and, therefore, can be modified. It is commonly used to treat a wide range of psychological disorders, including anxiety, depression, and phobias, by addressing the behaviours that contribute to these conditions.

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Behavioral tolerance refers to adjustment of behavior through experience in using a drug to compensate for its intoxicating effects

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Behavioral validation refers to a method for establishing a test ’s validity by predicting behavior from test scores.

Behavioral-adaptive scales refer to tests that examine what an individual usually and habitually does, not what he or she can do. Such scales are most frequently used in evaluating the daily self -care skills of people who are quite impaired.

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