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Safety behaviours is a term used within cognitive behavioural therapy to describe those behaviours which are thought to maintain symptoms of anxiety. They include avoidance and escape responses to a percieved threat, but can also involve subtle responses, including cognitive responses and

The key task in the cogntive behavioural treatment of anxiety conditions is to help the patient identify and then stop their safety behaviours.

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avoidance