title: Behavioral psychotherapy for anxiety disorders.
abstract: Behavioral psychotherapy is probably the treatment of choice for most phobic and obsessive-compulsive disorders and plays a lesser role in the management of panic disorder without agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. This article discusses treatment goals and strategies for each disorder.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marks
mesh_terms: D000035:Abreaction; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy