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Jones, David P. H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This editorial introduces two articles on Munchausen by Proxy syndrome (the induction of an appearance or state of physical ill health in a child, by the caretaker, and the child's subsequent presentation to health professionals for diagnosis and/or treatment). The severity of the caretaker's psychological disturbance and the serious effects on…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Deception, Mental Disorders
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Mariotto, Marco J.; Paul, Gordon L. – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1975
The present study examined the "person versus situation" controversy regarding the contribution to variance of behavior in real-life environments of 34 severely disabled psychiatric patients, using reliable and valid observational assessment of both patient behavior and dimensions of situations. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Environmental Standards, Mental Disorders, Patients
Crumpton, Evelyn; Mutalipassi, Louis R. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Motivation, Negative Reinforcement
Glick, Marion; Zigler, Edward – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
The symptomatology of 93 psychiatric inpatients with mild mental retardation was compared with that of a matched sample of inpatients without mental retardation. Patients with retardation displayed more outwardly directed and less inwardly directed symptoms; more symptoms involving action than thought; and psychotic symptom pictures which more…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Mental Disorders, Mild Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities