Behavioural treatment of a food refusal conversion disorder in a mentally retarded adult.
A 31-year-old woman with mental retardation who demonstrated total food refusal as the symptom of a conversion disorder was successfully treated with behavioural management techniques. The treatment utilized a shaping paradigm combined with relaxation procedures. The results supported the hypothesis that conversion disorder symptoms are maintained through their consequences, and the efficacy of behavioural treatments for those disorders.
Weinman
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Fairview Training Center, Salem, Oregon 97310.
Haydon
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Sapan
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology; D014040:Token Economy