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Progress in behavior modification. V.20 /

Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 20 covers the developments in the study of behavior modification. The book discusses the guidelines for the use of contingent electric shock to treat aberrant behavior; the motor activity measurements and DSM-IIII; and the innovations in behavioral medicine....

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Hersen, Michel; Eisler, Richard M; Miller, Peter M
Published: Academic P.,
Publisher Address: Orlando :
Publication Dates: 1986.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Behavior modification
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/0099037X/20
Summary: Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 20 covers the developments in the study of behavior modification. The book discusses the guidelines for the use of contingent electric shock to treat aberrant behavior; the motor activity measurements and DSM-IIII; and the innovations in behavioral medicine. The text also describes the behavioral interventions as adjunctive treatments for chronic asthma; health behavior change at the worksite, with regard to cardiovascular risk reduction; and the role of behavioral change procedures in multifactorial coronary heart disease prevention programs. Psycho
Carrier Form: 1 online resource
ISBN: 9781483219202
1483219208
Index Number: BF637
CLC: B848.4
Contents: Front Cover; Progress in Behavior Modification; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1. GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF CONTINGENT ELECTRIC SHOCK TO TREAT ABERRANT BEHAVIOR; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PREPARING AN INFORMED CONSENT DOCUMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; III. PREPARING AN INFORMED CONSENT DOCUMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF AGGRESSION; IV. GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A SHOCK PROGRAM; V. CONCLUDING COMMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. MOTOR ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS AND DSM-III; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ACTIVITY; III. DSM-I; IV. DSM-II; V. DSM-III
Vi. dsm-iii categories involving activityvii. other disorders; viii. conclusions; references; chapter 3. innovations in behavioral medicine; i. historical overview and current status; ii. treatment; iii. health care delivery; iv. preventive health care; v. methodological status and future directions; vi. summary; acknowledgments; references; chapter 4. behavioral interventions as adjunctive treatments for chronic asthma; i. introduction; ii. behavioral interventions; iii. methodological issues in asthma research; iv. summary; references
Chapter 5. health behavior change at the worksite: cardiovascular risk reductioni. introduction; ii. review of studies; iii. discussion; iv. research directions; references; chapter 6. the role of behavioral change procedures in multifactorial coronary heart disease prevention programs; i. introduction; ii. guidelines for intervention aimed at changing coronary risk-related behaviors; iii. community-based studies; iv. clinic-based studies; v. summary; vi. concluding remarks; references; index

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