Journal article
Mentoring treatment teams to integrate behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments in developmental disabilities
Research in developmental disabilities, Vol.23(6), pp.379-389
2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105400
PMID: 12426007
Abstract
Individuals with developmental disabilities often have a concomitant psychiatric disorder severe enough to require treatment. The behavioral endpoint of psychiatric disorders may require integrated behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments to stabilize their condition and enhance their quality of life. We used a mindfulness-based mentoring model to facilitate the integration of behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments at the treatment team level. Using a multiple baseline design across treatment teams, we assessed the degree of integration of these two treatment modalities using a 23-item rating scale, and then introduced mentoring successively across the three treatment teams. Following mentoring, six follow-up assessments at monthly intervals were undertaken to assess functioning of the treatment teams in the absence of mentoring. The low levels of integration of behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments occurring during baseline improved significantly within each team commensurate with the mentoring. Further, the enhanced treatment team functioning was maintained during a 6-month follow-up period. Mentoring of treatment teams may be an effective first step in integrating behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments that are deemed essential in the care and treatment of individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
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- Title
- Mentoring treatment teams to integrate behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments in developmental disabilities
- Creators
- Nirbhay N Singh - Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980710, Richmond, VA 23298-0710, USARobert G Wahler - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USAMohamed Sabaawi - Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Falls Church, VA, USAAmanda B Goza - Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Falls Church, VA, USASubhashni D Singh - Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980710, Richmond, VA 23298-0710, USAEnrique J Molina - Community of Landmark, Opa Locka, FL, USA
- Publication Details
- Research in developmental disabilities, Vol.23(6), pp.379-389
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900546804101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article