Reducing Patients' Anxiety by Having Them Repeatedly Experience in Safe

question 231

Multiple Choice

Reducing patients' anxiety by having them repeatedly experience in safe settings the things they fear and often avoid is most central to

• A) a token economy.
• B) exposure therapies.
• C) free association.
• D) aversive conditioning.

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The speed at which the overall price level for products and services increases, diminishing the buying power.

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The situation where individuals who are capable of working and willing to work do not find employment.