Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:896-899
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Behavior therapy and sex therapy
JP Brady
Behavior therapy is characterized by the way in which clinical data are
collected, analyzed, and used in the treatment program-specifically, the
application of the methods of experimental and social psychology. A case
history of the behavioral treatment of a sexual problem is presented to
illustrate this process. Many people have assumed that the "new sex
therapy" is behavior therapy because of its focus on the here and now and
similarities in particular treatment maneuvers. However, the author notes
that sex therapy is behavior therapy only to the extent that it deals
comprehensively with environmental, interpersonal, and organismic factors
that operate to maintain the sexual problem.
