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- Title
Reducing hoarding behavior with individualized reinforcement and item return.
- Authors
Berry, Cynthia L.; Schell, R. M.
- Abstract
Treatment research on hoarding is generally limited to people without intellectual disabilities who have symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder and respond favorably to cognitive-based therapies. We evaluated the effects of individualized reinforcement and item return procedures on hoarding behavior in a multiple baseline across three persons with severe mental retardation. Systematic preference assessment procedures identified items used in the individualized reinforcement procedures. Reductions in hoarding behavior occurred for each person when individualized treatment and item return procedures were applied. These reductions were maintained when direct support staff were trained to provide treatment. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
COGNITION disorders; OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder; MENTAL illness treatment; COGNITIVE therapy; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology)
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2006, Vol 21, Issue 2, p123
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.214