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A Methodological Study of the Effect of Psychotropic Drugs on Individual Operant Behavior
Abstract
The use of psychopharmacological agents in the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders is an established practice in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. Menolascino (1974, Note 1) reports that clinical research workers in the field have looked for drugs to help in several areas, one of these being "control of behavior problems not necessarily associated with general activity level." Another area in which drugs are used is that of hyperactivity. For example, Lipman (1968, Note 2) reported that 91.2% of 157 pediatricians, child psychia- trists and neurologists surveyed in the Washington, D. C. area were utilizing psychotrophic drugs with children whom they considered to be hyperactive. (It should be noted that the most common, persisting complaint in children brought to same type of mental health facility for treatment is hyperactivity). A particular concern is the fact that little is known about the behavioral effects of these drugs on the development of children (Ross, 1959).
Subject Area
Clinical psychology
Recommended Citation
PEW, STEPHEN DWIGHT, "A Methodological Study of the Effect of Psychotropic Drugs on Individual Operant Behavior" (1978). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI7814704.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI7814704