Efeitos das Estratégias Operantes em uma Pessoa com o Diagnóstico de Esquizofrenia e Família

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the verbal behavior of a person diagnosed as schizophrenic for 28 years in a mental health unit, using the principles of behavior analysis. The participant was a person of the female, married, mother of three children, lived with her husband and with a history of two admissions to psychiatric institutions, with the first 24 years of age and last for 35 years. The participant had daily use of drugs: haloperidol 5mg, 25mg and Pamergan Risperidone 2mg. The participant was selected among patients in care in CAPS. The research activities included experimental sessions in the form of clinical care in the home of the participant. All sessions were recorded on video and transcribed in full, which allowed the analysis of verbal behavior of the participant and their categorization into appropriate words and inappropriate words. For the control procedures were used two experimental designs. In the design of interventions in alternate format ABAC. The design of alternative interventions was the alternation between the conditions of the baseline (A) which was free and talk to different interventions, and (B) Functional analysis, (C) training of social skills has been divided into two phases, the first with the participant and the second with a family member to guide the family to deal with these difficulties. In all, during this design were seventeen sessions. The design of withdrawal or reversal in the ABA. The design consisted of withdrawal or reversal of the baseline phase (A) before the intervention phase, (B) which is characterized by alternative differential reinforcement (DRA) of verbal behavior and appropriate procedures for withdrawal of social attention to the behavior inappropriate verbal (EXT) and (A) a kind of 'return to the baseline. " Other nine sessions were held until the final period of data collection. The results showed that the strengthening influence the social behavior of verbal participant and that the procedures for the analysis of behavior intervention were effective in reduction of inappropriate words and increase the appropriate lines. The results were discussed in terms of applied methodology, principles of behavior, the effects achieved and the corroboration of data. You can say to this study that the behavioral changes made by the participant were relevant.