Service users reported social discrimination in the communit…

Service users reported social discrimination in the community, giving accounts of being physically and verbally attacked by strangers and neighbors, their property being vandalized, or being barred from shops and restaurants. Those with addictions or psychotic illness tended to experience this more than those with non-psychotic illness. An example of social discrimination includes all of the following except:

Piacentini & Langley (2004) described the treatment of a 12-…

Piacentini & Langley (2004) described the treatment of a 12-year old boy obsessed with germs and contamination and compelled to wash his hands. The treatment required him to touch trash cans and doorknobs without washing his hands for increasing periods of time. What type of treatment is this young boy taking part in?