title: Functional analysis and treatment of the bizarre speech of dually diagnosed adults.
abstract: Nine behavior-analytic studies, each reporting data for a single participant, have shown that bizarre speech can be maintained by social reinforcement. In the current study, we controlled for a possible referral bias in this literature by including nonreferred participants with dual diagnoses. Functional analyses identified attention functions for 2 participants and nonsocial functions for the others. Noncontingent reinforcement decreased the bizarre speech of both participants who displayed attention-maintained bizarre speech.
authors.affiliation: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA.
authors.forename: Blake M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Shasta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brenske
authors.forename: Mary M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Peet
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Culver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy