Behavior Therapy

"Behavior Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The application of modern theories of learning and conditioning in the treatment of behavior disorders.

Descriptor ID	D001521
MeSH Number(s)	F04.754.137
Concept/Terms	Behavior Therapy Behavior Therapy Conditioning Therapy Therapy, Conditioning Conditioning Therapies Therapies, Conditioning Behavior Modification Behavior Modifications Modification, Behavior Modifications, Behavior Therapy, Behavior Behavior Therapies Therapies, Behavior

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities [F04]
Psychotherapy [F04.754]
Behavior Therapy [F04.754.137]

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Bar chart showing 125 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	2	2
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	1	2
2004	4	0	4
2005	2	2	4
2006	1	1	2
2007	3	3	6
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	2	2
2010	1	4	5
2011	6	1	7
2012	4	0	4
2013	3	4	7
2014	4	3	7
2015	3	2	5
2016	3	2	5
2017	6	6	12
2018	3	2	5
2019	2	1	3
2020	4	5	9
2021	2	4	6
2022	1	3	4
2023	1	6	7
2024	0	6	6
2025	2	1	3
2026	2	1	3

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Gorman JA, Ameral VE, Abrams BE, Park D, Kaubrys MM, Khazanov GK. Contingency management for adherence to injectable medication for substance use disorders. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2026 Nov; 190:210055.

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Burns JW, Gerhart J, Jensen MP, Thorn B, Carmody J, Keefe F. Relationships among mechanisms in psychosocial treatments for chronic pain: mechanism to mechanism lagged effects and relationships with outcomes. Pain. 2026 Sep 01; 167(9):2104-2116.

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Parida S, Ameral V, Wolkowicz N, Kelly MM, Patterson JA, Sofuoglu M, MacLean RR. Addressing tobacco use in the context of opioid use disorder: A systematic review of smoking cessation interventions. Am J Addict. 2026 Sep; 35(5):565-577.

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Helm A, Kachadoorian E, Shaffer PM, Hall OT, Smelson D. Clinical Characteristics of Patients With and Without Chronic Pain Seeking Behavioral Health Treatment for Co-Occurring Opioid Use and Mental Health Disorders. Subst Use Addctn J. 2026 01; 47(1):179-185.

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Ameral V, Hickey TR, Reilly ED, Patterson JA, Sofuoglu M. Pharmacological and behavioral pain treatment strategies for patients with opioid use disorder. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2025 Jun; 26(9):1041-1054.

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Lo SB, Holtze M, Post KE, Eche-Ugwu IJ, Cooley ME, Pirl WF, Temel JS, Greer JA. Depression and Anxiety as Moderators for a Behavioral Treatment for Dyspnea in Advanced Lung Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Aug; 70(2):e121-e128.

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Wainer AL, Edmunds SR, Carter AS, Stone WL, Sheldrick RC, Broder-Fingert S, Stern YS, Harrington E, V Ibanez L, Ingersoll B. A hybrid type I randomized effectiveness-implementation trial of a Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention in the Part C early intervention system: study protocol. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Apr 01; 25(1):263.

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Howard-Wilson S, Ching J, Gentile S, Ho M, Garcia A, Ayturk D, Lazar P, Hammerquist N, McManus D, Barton B, Bird S, Moore J, Soni A. Efficacy of a Multimodal Digital Behavior Change Intervention on Lifestyle Behavior, Cardiometabolic Biomarkers, and Medical Expenditure: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 10 30; 13:e50378.

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Pagoto S, Lueders N, Palmer L, Idiong C, Bannor R, Xu R, Ingels S. Best Practices for Designing and Testing Behavioral and Health Communication Interventions for Delivery in Private Facebook Groups: Tutorial. JMIR Form Res. 2024 09 04; 8:e58627.

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Ingersoll B, Frost KM, Straiton D, Ramos AP, Casagrande K. Telehealth coaching in Project ImPACT indirectly affects children's expressive language ability through parent intervention strategy use and child intentional communication: An RCT. Autism Res. 2024 10; 17(10):2177-2187.

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