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Six-year follow-up of the SPHERE RCT: secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015-11)
Objective To determine the long-term effectiveness of a complex intervention in primary care aimed at improving outcomes for patients with coronary heart disease.
Design A 6-year follow-up of a cluster randomised ...
An investigation of comorbid psychological disorders, sleep problems, gastrointestinal symptoms and epilepsy in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A two year follow-up
(Elsevier, 2015-11-26)
Research has recently focused on studying comorbidity in the autism spectrum but little research has been conducted on follow-up studies or conducting longitudinal research into these conditions. Mannion, Leader, and Healy ...
Commonly prescribed anti-depressants: What clinicians need to know
(The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), 2011-10)
According to two Cochrane collaboration reviews (Moncrieff,
Wessely, & Hardy, 2004; Turner, Mathews, Linardatos, Tell, &
Rosenthal, 2008), the efficacy of modern antidepressants has
yet to be conclusively demonstrated ...
Response to a letter to the editors re: “Comparison of Behavioral Intervention and Sensory-Integration Therapy in the Treatment of Challenging Behavior”
(Springer, 2011-06-01)
[No abstract available]
Gastrointestinal disorders
(Springer, Cham, 2015-09-04)
Gastric problems are common among persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). And, this phenomenon has been well known for some time. The purpose of this chapter is to define the characteristics of this problem, its ...
A comparison of video modeling and pivotal response training to teach pretend play skills to children with autism Spectrum disorder
(Elsevier, 2010-11-20)
This study aimed to directly compare the effectiveness of Pivotal Response Training (PRT)
and Video Modeling (VM) in the acquisition and generalization of scripted play
verbalizations and actions as well as the use of ...
Teaching children with autism: a basic component skill of perspective-taking
(Wiley, 2010-09-26)
Perspective-taking is an area of human functioning that is rarely studied by behavior analysts but likely entails a complex repertoire of verbal and relational behavior. Perspective-taking is generally acknowledged to be ...
Effective design of total worker health interventions for lone workers: examples and implications for the Irish context
(Irish Ergonomics Society, 2014)
Workplace safety does not exist in a vacuum. Individuals come to work with a variety of advantages and disadvantages derived from their off-work activities. Extra-workplace behaviors and attitudes are likely to have greater ...
The effects of a goal setting intervention on productivity and persistence in an analogue work task
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-02-27)
The authors of this study sought to quantify the beneficial effect of goal setting on work performance, and to characterize the persistence or deterioration of goal-directed behavior over time. Twenty-six participants ...
Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of challenging behavior
(Springer, 2010-12-14)
The objective of the current study was to compare the effects of sensory-integration therapy (SIT) and a behavioral intervention on rates of challenging behavior (including self-injurious behavior) in four children diagnosed ...