Target behaviors behavioral outcomes

It is important to consider that the behavioral outcome of amphetamine-induced alterations in monoamine release is determined by changes induced in postsynaptie targets of monoamine neurons. The consequences of... 

Therapy must limit the scope of the problem being targeted. In each case there will be numerous marital and family relationships and environmental factors that will not be addressed, especially when they do not relate directly to the targeted behavioral-based outcome. Because of the limited nature of the therapeutic encounter, referrals are warranted to encourage clients help-seeking behavior. This is particularly important as social workers may be unable to provide the client with additional therapeutic sessions or intervention strategies. 

This process could be used to hold people accountable for numerous behaviors or behavioral outcomes. It is quite analogous to the standard environmental audit conducted throughout industrial complexes to survey equipment conditions, environmental hazards, and the availability of emergency supplies. Actually, most equipment and enviroiunental audits reflect behaviors. An equipment guard in place, a tool appropriately sharpened, a work area neat and clean, and equipment power locked out properly are in that "safe" condition because of employees behaviors. A behavior auditor might look for an SBO regarding any number of safe environmental conditions. When they see an opportunity for the safe target behavior to have occurred, they take out their CBC and record "safe" or "at risk" to indicate objectively whether the desired safe behavior(s) had occurred to make the condition safe. 

Some of the best evidence of links between effects at different organizational levels comes from studies with OPs, where levels of AChE inhibition have been compared with associated neurophysiological and behavioral effects. In adopting this approach, however, the picture is complicated by mounting evidence for these compounds acting on target sites other than AChE, as discussed in Section 16.3. Thus, behavioral disturbances caused by an OP may be the outcome of interaction with both AChE and one or more other sites of action. The following account, however, will be concerned with situations where effects of OPs are closely related to levels of AChE inhibition. More complex scenarios will be discussed in the next section. 

As mentioned in chapter 2, individuals particular personality style and unique psychodynamics will often dramatically influence how they respond to pharmacotherapy. Robert Michaels (1992) has commented that in general clinical practice two-thirds of patients with Axis I disorders appear to respond quite well either to medication treatment or to brief, targeted psychological interventions, such as cognitive-behavioral or interpersonal therapy. However, a significant minority of patients with clear-cut Axis I disorders don t respond well to such treatments, primarily due to serious co-morbid character pathology. In treating these people, at the very least the clinician must be alert to how personality factors influence treatment outcome often medication treatment must be accompanied by more intensive psychotherapy that addresses the personality disorder. 

If the behavior change occurs but does not improve the job outcomes it targeted, the training may be flawed and/or external factors may be affecting the outcome. Reanalyze needs. 

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