Date of Defense
4-23-2015
Date of Graduation
5-2015
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Stephanie Peterson
Second Advisor
Yannick Schenk
Third Advisor
Katie Suszek
Keywords
Schizophrenia, delusional speech, behavioral treatment, treatment assessment, staff training, behavioral skills training, behavioral conceptualization
Abstract
This case conceptualization looks at past treatments for schizophrenia and then introduces a behavioral approach to assessing and treating delusional speech in a hypothetical client with schizophrenia. The treatment assessment would consist of five treatment conditions and a control condition. The delusional speech would be triggered by specific conversational themes. The results of the treatment assessment would inform the protocol that would be written for the client's delusional speech. After a protocol is written, there would need to be staff training. Behavioral skills training (BST) has been proven to be an effective form of training that provides trainees with opportunities to practice the protocols being trained. After training is complete routine monitoring provides a way to ensure protocols are working and being run correctly.
Recommended Citation
Braginton, Rebecca, "A Behavior Analytic Conceptualization of the Assessment and Treatment of Delusional Speech" (2015). Honors Theses. 2552.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses/2552
Access Setting
Honors Thesis-Open Access