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Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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Behaviour Therapy developed from the behaviourism school of psychology and emphasises the observation and modification of behaviour, with little consideration of the mental causes of behaviour. This lack of (or lesser) emphasis on mental states distinguished behaviourism from early psychological and psychotherapy schools, such as Psychoanalysis.
Behaviour Therapy is often used to treat phobias (such as [...]

New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists
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Aversion Therapy is part of classical behaviour therapy and involves providing a stimulus that a person considers undesirable at times in which undesirable behaviours are observed. The goal of pairing the negative stimulus with behaviour is to establish an association in the individual’s mind between something undesirable (the stimulus) and the behaviour, thereby decreasing the [...]

Clinical depression is known by a number of terms, including:
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Unipolar Depression
- Unipolar Disorder
- Major depression
Depression is perhaps the most common psychiatric complaint and involves feelings of sadness, hopelessness, pessimism and personal uselessness. These feelings are quite normal for everyone to experience at some stage in their lives. Clinical depression, however, involves [...]