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Habit Reversal Training

Psychotherapy and Behavioral Therapy

Habit reversal training, usually abbreviated HRT, is a multicomponent behavioral treatment originally developed to address a wide range of repetitive behavior disorders. It has been used to treat conditions such as tics, trichotillomania, nail biting, thumb sucking, skin picking, temporomandibular joint disorder, lip and cheek biting, and stuttering, and it combines five components: awareness training, competing response training, contingency management, relaxation training, and generalization training. Research has found consistently large effect sizes, around 0.80, across the disorders it has been used to treat, and it is considered a well-established treatment for stuttering, thumb sucking, nail biting, and temporomandibular joint disorder.

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Standard of Care 1
Origin Year
1973 2
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Trichotillomania, Conditions
Source Habit reversal training (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habit_reversal_training, lead section
Quote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habit_reversal_training, lead section
Habit reversal training (HRT) is a "multicomponent behavioral treatment package originally developed to address a wide variety of repetitive behavior disorders".
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2. Habit reversal training (Wikipedia)
  • History section
    Nunn, who first published a paper detailing the habit reversal technique in 1973.
  • Treats: Trichotillomania, Lead: treats Trichotillomania
    Habit reversal training (HRT) is a "multicomponent behavioral treatment package originally developed to address a wide variety of repetitive behavior disorders". Behavioral disorders treated with HRT include tics, trichotillomania, nail biting, thumb sucking, skin picking, temporomandibular disorder (TMJ), lip-cheek biting and stuttering.
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