Habits

Habits

Applying the Science of Habit Formation to Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Mental Illness

Paper discussing habit formation and its integration into Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments (EBPTs), as well as clinical takeaways. Core takeaways from the paper center around the claim that the integration of EBPTs with habit formation leads to better outcomes. The focus here is on understanding habits as independent of goals, cued by specific contexts, learned via repetition, and characterized by automaticity. 

 

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