Elimination of rumination by controlled eating and differential reinforcement.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of a controlled eating technique and a procedure which combined controlled eating with differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) for the reduction of rumination in an obese, 23-year-old, severely retarded and autistic male. The controlled eating technique resulted in a 75 per cent reduction in the rate of rumination while controlled eating with DRO resulted in an overall 95 per cent reduction. A six month follow-up showed that the participant's ruminative behavior had declined to zero.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D014839:Vomiting / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*