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- Title
MEDICAL PROBLEMS, MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS, AND THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
- Authors
Peine, Hermann A.; Darvish, Rokneddin; Adams, Kathleen; Blakelock, Harold; Jenson, William; Osborne, J. Grayson
- Abstract
Research has shown that aberrant behaviors of people with developmental disabilities have multiple determinants; of these, medical problems and their potential relations to aberrant behaviors, have been, for the most part, not studied. This retrospective study examined the relations of 26 acute medical treatements to the aberrant behaviors of 10 elderly people with developmental disabilities. Results showed that 73.1% of the aberrant behaviors decreased in frequency after medical treatments. The study suggests the importance of acute medical problems and treatments as possible factors in the occurrence of aberrant behaviors in this population.
- Subjects
BEHAVIORAL assessment; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; DEVELOPMENTALLY disabled older people; PEOPLE with developmental disabilities; BEHAVIOR therapy; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; DISEASE complications; HEALTH of older people; THERAPEUTICS; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 1995, Vol 10, Issue 3, p149
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.2360100304