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Behavioural phenotypes
Within each syndrome there is a degree of variability. Given that behavioural phenotypes involve probability statements, not everyone with a given syndrome will exhibit that syndrome’s characteristic behaviours. For example, studies have found that patients with Down syndrome (both children and adults) are more likely to show specifi c deficits in grammar, expressive language and […]
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Interventions in anorexia by cognitive behavioural approaches
The second phase of treatment involves interventions aimed at achieving and maintaining longterm behavioural change. Perhaps the most widely used cognitive behavioural approach was developed by Garner and Bemis. This was divided into a number of phases, the fi rst of which was intended to establish a working alliance with the individual. Garner and Bemis […]
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Managing behavioural disturbances in dementia
Whilst some problems emerge directly out of the neurological damage caused by the underlying pathology (e.g. hallucinations in Lewy body dementia), often it is not clear why people with identical degrees of cognitive impairment might present in radically different ways. In addition to neurological damage it is important to think about the person who has […]
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Models of mental disorder-The behavioural model
The behavioural model has a scientific basis in Learning Theory. Symptoms are considered to be learned habits arising from the interaction between external events or stressors and an individual’s personality. Persistent, distressing symptoms are considered maladaptive responses rather than being markers for some underlying disease or illness. For the behaviour therapist the symptoms and their […]
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