National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Behavioral Intervention
Synonyms

Behavioral Therapy

Behavior Therapy

Behavior Modification

Behavior Conditioning Therapy

behavior modification

Behavioral Treatment

Behavioral Treatments

Behavioral Intervention

BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

Behavior or Life Style Modifications

Behavioral Interventions

Behavioral Modification

Definitions

The use of operant conditioning, including rewards and punishments, in helping a person create an atmosphere where he or she does not contribute to painful stimuli.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15184

ALT_DEFINITION

A technique used to help people change the way they react to certain triggers in the environment that cause a negative reaction. In cancer treatment, behavior modification may be used to help patients who have become nauseous during previous cancer treatments cope with nausea they feel when they enter the therapy room to begin a new round of treatment.

A technique used to change the behavior of a subject (e.g., psychotherapy, lifestyle counseling, or hypnosis).

code

C15184

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C132298

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C99078

Contributing_Source

CDISC

CTRP

DEFINITION

The use of operant conditioning, including rewards and punishments, in helping a person create an atmosphere where he or she does not contribute to painful stimuli.

Display_Name

Behavioral Intervention

FULL_SYN

Behavioral Therapy

Behavior Therapy

Behavior Modification

Behavior Conditioning Therapy

behavior modification

Behavioral Treatment

Behavioral Treatments

Behavioral Intervention

BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

Behavior or Life Style Modifications

Behavioral Interventions

Behavioral Modification

label

Behavioral Intervention

Legacy Concept Name

Behavioral_Intervention

Preferred_Name

Behavioral Intervention

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C15184

Semantic_Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0004933

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63474

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