Behaviour therapy [electronic resource] : techniques, research and applications / S.P.K. Jena.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jena, S. P. K., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behavior therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Behaviour Therapy is based on the application of principles of learning. to change human behaviour. In the last two decades it has grown into a promising. scientific discipline. This development is exemplified by extensive research and. applications. The present book provides a unifying account of its contemporary. developments, linking underlying theories with practice. This book is divided into three sections. In the first section, basic assumptions. of behaviour therapy are examined and emerging trends such as radical behaviourism,. cognitive behaviourism and systematic eclectism are dealt

Contents:

The philosophical and historical foundations

Conceptual issues

Psychobiological basis of behaviour therapy behavioural markers

Developmental perspective

Behavioural assessment and diagnosis

Reinforcing desirable responding

Developing new behaviour

Modelling and observational learning rationale

Aversive procedures

Non-aversive procedures

Exposure procedures

Relaxation and systematic desensitisation

Restricted environmental stimulation techniques

Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing: EMDR

Covert conditioning procedures

Cognitive-behaviour therapy

Research designs

The evidence-based approach

Ethical issues in behaviour therapy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-227) and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-321-3

1-281-96564-2

9786611965648

81-7829-998-4

OCLC:

437087336