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A type of behavioral therapy used to help effectively overcome phobias and other anxiety disorders. It involves a patient learning relaxation skills and gradually being exposed to the situation causing anxiety.
A behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors; it is based on classical conditioning.
Methods or activities that help a person reduce tension and achieve a state of increased calmness.
An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.