Treatment Strategies for Self-Injurious Behavior in a Large Service-Delivery Network.

Altmeyer, Bernd K.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1987

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Treatment Strategies for Self-Injurious Behavior in a Large Service-Delivery Network.

Altmeyer, Bernd K.; And Others

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v91 n4 p333-40 Jan 1987

The scope of psychoactive drug use within a statewide (Texas) institutional service delivery network was examined, with a focus on its role in the treatment of self-injurious behavior and other aberrant behaviors in the retarded. Insufficient use of behavioral technology and overuse of physical and chemical restraints were indicated. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Drug Therapy, Institutionalized Persons, Self Mutilation, Severe Mental Retardation, State Surveys

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Language: English

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