title: Management of disruptive behaviour in the brain-damaged patient using selective reinforcement.
abstract: Selective reinforcement was used to reduce screaming in a 32-year-old woman with diffuse cerebral dysfunction following a suicide attempt. This paper describes the successful reduction in this disruptive behaviour in a patient with severe communicative disability. Also outlined are some of the organizational and educational problems encountered during the introduction of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrewes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology