Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Gewicht: 570 g
Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Gewicht: 570 g
ISBN: 978-0-306-42884-5
Verlag: Springer, Berlin
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1. Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled: Major Issues and Challenges.- Origins.- Current Applications.- Assessment.- Symptom Management.- Compliance with Medical Regimens.- Prevention.- Theoretical/Contextual Issues.- Learning and Illness.- Medical and Behavioral Disorders.- Effects of Cognitive Dysfunction on Medical Care.- Future Applications.- Assessment.- Symptom Management.- Compliance.- Prevention.- Conclusions.- References.- I. Symptom Management.- 2. Feeding Disorders in the Developmentally Disabled Population.- Consumption of Inappropriate Amounts and Varieties of Food.- Insufficient Consumption.- Excessive Consumption.- Inappropriate Interactions with Previously Consumed Food.- Future Directions.- Prevention and Early Identification.- Length of Treatment.- Maintenance and Generalization.- Methodological Concerns.- Conclusions.- References.- 3. The Role of Development and Learning in Feeding Disorders.- The Development of Normal Feeding Behaviors.- Learning Mechanisms in the Etiology and Maintenance of Feeding Disorders.- New Directions.- References.- 4. Behavioral Medicine and Neurological Disorders.- Cerebral Palsy.- Spina Bifida.- Conclusions.- References.- 5. Neurobehavioral Analysis of Epilepsy in Developmentally Disabled Individuals.- Differential Diagnosis of Epilepsy versus Pseudoepilepsy.- Telemetered EEG and Video Recording (TEEG-VR).- Results of TEEG-VR in Developmentally Disabled Individuals.- The Effects of the Environment on Epileptic Events.- The Effects of the Everyday Environment on Epilepsy in Developmentally Disabled Individuals.- The Question of Contingency Management of Seizurelike Behaviors.- Evaluation of the Functional Effects of Subclinical Seizures and AEDs in Developmentally Disabled Individuals.- A Visual Discrimination Procedure.- An Auditory Discrimination Procedure.- References.- 6. Assessment and Treatment of Neuromuscular Disorders.- Procedural Adaptations for Developmentally Disabled and Mentally Retarded.- EMG Biofeedback versus Contingency Management.- Social Validation and Health Outcome Measures.- Conclusions.- References.- 7. Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in the Developmentally Disabled.- General Incidence.- Incidence of Incontinence in Developmentally Disabled Populations.- Urinary Incontinence.- Review of Urinary System Functioning.- Causes of Urinary Incontinence.- Organic Problems.- Developmental Problems.- Medical Treatment for Urinary Incontinence.- Medication.- Surgical Interventions.- Medical Referral.- Comments on Behavioral Training Procedures.- Training Using Alarms.- Increasing Bladder Capacity (or Retention Training Control).- Other Behavioral Procedures.- Conclusions and Recommendations for Urinary Incontinence Remediation.- Comments Specific to Developmentally Delayed Populations.- Fecal Incontinence.- Physiology of Defecation.- Causes of Fecal Incontinence.- Medical Treatment for Fecal Incontinence.- Medication Interventions.- Surgical Interventions.- Medical Referral.- Behavioral Medicine Procedures.- Comments Specific to Developmentally Delayed Populations.- General Comments about Behavioral Medicine Intervention for Incontinence.- What To Do When It Doesn't Work.- Summary, Conclusions, and Directions for the Future.- References.- 8. Use of Biofeedback in the Treatment of Incontinence.- Fecal Incontinence.- Urinary Incontinence.- Conclusions.- References.- II. Assessment Issues.- 9. Behavioral Assessment Technology for Pharmacotherapy in Developmental Disabilities.- Common Methodological Problems.- Design and Analysis Issues.- Pharmacological Issues.- Behavioral Issues.- Side Effects.- Theoretical Issues.- Neuropharmacologically Based Models for Behavioral Pharmacotherapy.- References.- 10. Pharmacotherapy in Developmental Disabilities: Methodological Issues.- 11. The Role of Neuropsychological Assessment in Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled.- Neuropsychological Assessment.- Neuropsychological Assessment with the Develop