Behavioral disorders treated with HRT include tics, trichotillomania, nail biting, thumb sucking, and skin picking. It consists of five components:
- awareness training,
- competing response training,
- contingency management,
- relaxation training, and
- generalization training.
In the case of tics, these components are intended to increase tic awareness, develop a competing response to the tic, and build treatment motivation and compliance. HRT is based on the presence of a premonitory urge, or sensation occurring before a tic. HRT involves replacing a tic with a competing response, a more comfortable or acceptable movement/sound, when a patient feels a premontory urge building. Controlled trials have demonstrated that HRT is an acceptable, tolerable, effective and durable treatment for tics.
HRT still faces several issues including limited data as a result of retrospective, qualitative report studies.
Habit Reversal Therapy in general has less side effects than pharmecotherapy, and has been proven more effective than supportive psychotherapy.
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Behavioral disorders treated with HRT include tics, trichotillomania, nail biting, thumb sucking, and skin picking. It consists of five components:
- awareness training,
- competing response training,
- contingency management,
- relaxation training, and
- generalization training.
In the case of tics, these components are intended to increase tic awareness, develop a competing response to the tic, and build treatment motivation and compliance. HRT is based on the presence of a premonitory urge, or sensation occurring before a tic. HRT involves replacing a tic with a competing response, a more comfortable or acceptable movement/sound, when a patient feels a premontory urge building. Controlled trials have demonstrated that HRT is an acceptable, tolerable, effective and durable treatment for tics.
HRT still faces several issues including limited data as a result of retrospective, qualitative report studies.
Habit Reversal Therapy in general has less side effects than pharmecotherapy, and has been proven more effective than supportive psychotherapy.
References and notes
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Last updated on Monday March 17, 2008 at 13:50:14 PDT (GMT -0700)
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