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RESPONSE‐CONTINGENT TASTE‐AVERSION IN TREATING CHRONIC RUMINATIVE VOMITING OF INSTITUTIONALISED PROFOUNDLY RETARDED CHILDREN
Author(s) -
MARHOLIN D.,
LUISELLI J. K.,
ROBINSON MARGARET,
LOTT IRA T.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1980.tb00056.x
Subject(s) - rumination , taste aversion , vomiting , psychology , intervention (counseling) , taste , weight loss , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , cognition , neuroscience , obesity
Two case studies are presented describing the use of response-contingent taste-aversion procedures to treat chronic ruminative vomiting of profoundly retarded children. Each treatment programme was designed to be carried out by para-professional staff in an institutional setting. Each programme eliminated rumination, with effects maintained one to nine months following treatment. For one subject who exhibited major weight-loss prior to intervention, substantial weight-gain was also demonstrated.