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Salvatore, Giovanna L.; Simmons, Christina A.; Tremoulet, Patrice D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Hospitals, with many features that can evoke severe behavior in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), often use restraint as a behavior management strategy. Prior research on restraint in patients with ASD has primarily focused on children or specific departments. Twenty-five physicians and medical trainees from an urban teaching hospital…
Descriptors: Physicians, Medical Students, Health Personnel, Patients
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Roman, Brenda; Borges, Nicole; Morrison, Ann K. – Academic Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Despite a large percentage of health care costs being related to smoking, obesity, and substance abuse, most physicians are not confident in motivating patients to change health behaviors. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a directive, patient-centered approach for eliciting behavior change. The purpose of this study was to teach…
Descriptors: Obesity, Role Playing, Substance Abuse, Smoking
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Vranceanu, Ana-Maria.; Ring, David; Kulich, Ronald; Zhao, Meijuan; Cowan, James; Safren, Steven – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2008
Cognitive behavioral therapists may have a unique and growing role in orthopedics departments. In helping patients cope with pain, particularly where there is no specific biomedical treatment or cure, cognitive behavioral practitioners can help prevent, early on, the transition from an acute pain complaint to a costly, disabling, and interfering…
Descriptors: Pain, Quality of Life, Surgery, Pathology
Russell, Michael L. – 1977
Behavioral scientists are becoming increasingly involved in the field of medicine. This paper describes some of the issues that can arise when the behavioral scientist collaborates with the medical practitioner. Recommendations are offered for the behavioral scientist considering such collaboration. (Author/VG)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Family Health, Family Practice (Medicine), Medical Education
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Williams, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1993
The San Diego (California) school-based Project for Attention-Related Disorders helped improve access to care and increase treatment for children with attentional problems. Of 110 intervention children followed for 3 years, 60-70% showed improvement after enrollment, evaluation, and treatment. Medical and nonmedical interventions were helpful in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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McDonald, Walter J. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2005
The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) recognizes the need for continuing medical education (CME) reform and intends to be actively engaged in that process. While recognizing that CME reform must involve many organizations, the CMSS and particularly the 23 societies that make up the CMSS are in a position to affect many of the needed…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Needs Assessment, Curriculum Development, Patients