A Behavior Analytic Formulation of a Case of Psychosis

Clinical Case Formulation: Varieties of Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 107-118

  Wilder, David A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour analytic formulation of case of psychosis; Behaviour analytic interventions improving bathing, grooming and dressing in psychotic disorder people; Behaviour analytic model focus on operationally defined specific behaviours; Oppositional behaviour in psychotic disorders and behaviour analytic model treatment; Psychotic behaviour stemming from individual's genetic history; Psychotic disorders, behavioural excesses taking a bizarre form of behaviour; Research, substantial role in behaviour analytic case formulation of psychosis; Skills training based treatment; Treatment procedures same reinforcers that originally maintained problematic behaviour; Use of 'ABC' analysis to analyze events, as in Zeppi's case formulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889297384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470747513.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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