Differential reinforcement of other behaviors to treat chronic rumination of mental retardates.
Food rumination is a maladaptive, life-threatening behavior observed among infants and institutional populations for the mentally retarded. Differential reinforcement of other behaviors (IRT greater than N) was experimentally studied as a method of reducing his behavior. Two mentally retarded clients emitted reduced rumination behaviors after implementation of the differential reinforcement procedure.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule