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Behavioral methods entered the stage of clinical psychology in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Various names for this approach include behavior therapy and behavior modification. The essence of behavioral intervention is providing new learning experiences that will help to resolve problems. Behavioral methods have been applied to a wide variety of problems (see for example, the International Handbook of Behavior Modification and Behavior Therapy [Bellack, Hersen, & Kazdin, 1990]). (See Table 8-1.) They offer a richness of approaches to problems at many different levels. For example, there is an extensive literature on the use of behavioral methods in communities and organizations as well as with individuals, families, and groups.
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Gambrill, E.D. (1995). Behavioral Methods. In: Heiden, L.A., Hersen, M. (eds) Introduction to Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1573-3_8
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