Episode 50 - Mental Health

Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 5:05 a.m.

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We\'re celebrating 50 episodes of ABA Inside Track by going where BCBAs are wary to tread: mental health! We discuss why ABA and mental health stopped getting along and discuss ideas as to how behavior analysis can make a difference in treating mental illness.\\xa0 Then we save a nice chunk of time for Rob to go full hippy in his tear down of Big Pharma.\\xa0 But, can any of this content help Diana get over her mall-o-phobia?\\xa0\\xa0

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Articles discussed this episode:

Harvey, M.T., Luiselli, J.K., & Wong, S.E.\\xa0 (2009).\\xa0 Application of applied behavior analysis to mental health issues.\\xa0\\xa0Psychological Services, 6, 212-222.\\xa0 doi: 10.1037/a0016495

Wong, S.E.\\xa0 (2006).\\xa0 Behavior analysis of psychotic disorders: Scientific dead end or casualty of the mental health political economy?\\xa0Behavior and Social Issues, 15, 152-177.\\xa0 doi: 10.5210/bsi.v15i2.365 \\xa0

Singh, N.N., Matson, J.L., Lancioni, G.F., Singh, A.N., Adkins, A.D., McKeegan, G.F., & Brown, S.W.\\xa0 (2006).\\xa0 Questions about behavioral function in mental illness (QABF-MI): A behavior checklist for functional assessment of maladaptive behavior exhibited by individuals with mental illness.\\xa0\\xa0Behavior Modification, 30, 739-751.\\xa0 doi: 10.1177/0145445506286700

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