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  2. Mode deactivation therapy - Wikipedia

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    When these are distressing and deprive a person of psychological needs, the coping mechanism may be viewed as maladaptive compared with normal circumstances. The personality structures are referred to as cognitive schemas, which—in combinations—inform a person how to behave in a certain situation.

  3. Emotional detachment - Wikipedia

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    For example, people with ED often have experienced childhood abuse. Eating disorders on their own are a maladaptive coping mechanism and to cope with the effects of an eating disorder, people may turn to emotional detachment. [17] Bereavement or losing a loved one can also be causes of emotional detachment. [17]

  4. Adaptive behavior - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, maladaptive behavior is a type of behavior that is often used to reduce one's anxiety, but the result is dysfunctional and non-productive coping. For example, avoiding situations because you have unrealistic fears may initially reduce your anxiety, but it is non-productive in alleviating the actual problem in the long term.

  5. Cognitive behavioral therapy - Wikipedia

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    CBT is based on the belief that thought distortions and maladaptive behaviors play a role in the development and maintenance of many psychological disorders and that symptoms and associated distress can be reduced by teaching new information-processing skills and coping mechanisms. [3] [1] [14] [15]

  6. Coping - Wikipedia

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    Coping refers to conscious or unconscious strategies used to reduce and manage unpleasant emotions. Coping strategies can be cognitions or behaviors and can be individual or social. To cope is to deal with struggles and difficulties in life. [1] It is a way for people to maintain their mental and emotional well-being. [2]

  7. Cognitive restructuring - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive restructuring (CR) is a psychotherapeutic process of learning to identify and dispute irrational or maladaptive thoughts known as cognitive distortions, [1] such as all-or-nothing thinking (splitting), magical thinking, overgeneralization, magnification, [1] and emotional reasoning, which are commonly associated with many mental health disorders. [2]

  8. Autism therapies - Wikipedia

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    Intensive, sustained special education programs and behavior therapy early in life can help children with ASD acquire self-care, social, and job skills, [5] and often can improve functioning, and decrease severity of the signs and observed behaviors thought of as maladaptive; [8] Available approaches include applied behavior analysis (ABA ...

  9. Externalizing disorder - Wikipedia

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    Externalizing disorders, however, are also manifested in adulthood. For example, alcohol- and substance-related disorders and antisocial personality disorder are adult externalizing disorders. [1] Externalizing psychopathology is associated with antisocial behavior, which is different from and often confused for asociality.