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Behavior Management and Intervention

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Prader-Willi Syndrome

Abstract

Behavioral psychology has made numerous contributions to education, mental health, and related disciplines.1 For example, behavior therapy and behavioral intervention techniques have been applied with considerable success in such areas as mental retardation (Wetherby & Baumeister, 1981), psychiatry (Hersen & Bellack, 1978), and rehabilitation (Lutzker, Martin, & Rice, 1981). A more recent development related to the area of behavior therapy is the field of behavioral medicine in which learning-based interventions are used for the treatment and management of somatic disorders (Luiselli, 1987; Varni, 1983).

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Luiselli, J.K. (1988). Behavior Management and Intervention. In: Caldwell, M.L., Taylor, R.L. (eds) Prader-Willi Syndrome. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3854-6_5

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