Challenging behavior of persons with mental health disorders and severe developmental disabilities / edited by Norman A. Wieseler and Ronald H. Hanson ; Gary Siperstein, editor.
Publication Info.
Washington, DC : American Association on Mental Retardation, [1999]
Introduction / N. A. Wieseler and R. H. Hanson -- Part 1: Mental health disorders. Psychiatric diagnosis in mental retardation / F. R. Ferron...[et al] -- Mood disorders in people with severe mental retardation / W. I. Gardner and P. Willmering -- Autistic disorder: characteristics and behavioral treatment / L. Schreibman, L. Heyser, and A. Stahmer -- The causes of self-injurious behavior and their clinical implications / S. Schroeder...[et al] -- Facts and fictions concerning mental illness in people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities / R. Sovner and A. D. Hurley -- Part 2: Pharmacotherapy. Psychopharmacotherapy for people with profound and severe mental retardation and mental disorders / C. Kern -- Adverse behavioral effects of antiepileptic medications in people with developmental disabilities / J. R. Gates -- Neurobehavioral mechanisms of drug action / T. Thompson and F. J. Symons -- Monitoring Psychotropic medication: "You tell me it's the institution, well, you know, you better free your mind instead" / J. E. Kalachnik
Part 3: Behavioral strategies. Treatment for challenging behaviors or mental health disorders: a false dichotomy / N. A. Wieseler and R. H. Hanson -- Understanding problem behaviors through functional assessment / R. G. Miltenberger -- Effective behavioral support for socially maintained problem behavior / J. Reichle...[et al] -- Considerations in the design of effective treatment / J. E. Favell and J. F. McGimsey.