title: Behavioral consultation with difficult to treat psychiatric patients.
abstract: Behavioral procedures have proven efficacious in the ward-wide treatment of psychiatric inpatients. These procedures are often recommended and administrated by behaviorally oriented staff who work as consultants. While numerous published reports show that behavioral consultation is effective for changing patients' targeted behavior, few data show whether it affects recidivism and other general indicators of patients' functioning. The present report describes group and case study data for 7 patients regarding the effects of behavioral consultation on frequency and duration of hospital admissions, distress upon readmission, proportion of time spent at regressive versus autonomous privilege levels, and other molar indices of patients' functioning.
authors.affiliation: Boston Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Psychology Service (116B), MA 02130.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Blake
mesh_terms: D000184:Acting Out; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010359:Patient Readmission; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*