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Symons, Frank J.; Harper, Vicki N.; McGrath, Patrick J.; Breau, Lynn M.; Bodfish, James W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The role of pain in relation to self-injurious behavior (SIB) among individuals with intellectual disabilities is not well understood. Some models of SIB are based on altered endogenous opioid system activity which could result in elevated pain thresholds. In this study, non-verbal behavioral signs indicative of pain as measured by the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Self Destructive Behavior, Mental Retardation, Pain
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Lotan, M.; Moe-Nilssen, R.; Ljunggren, A. E.; Strand, L. I. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Evaluating pain in adults with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) is a challenge. The Non-Communicating Adults Pain Checklist (NCAPC) was recently developed from the Non-Communicating Children's Pain Checklist (NCCPC) and examined in a group of adults with IDD (N = 228) and found to hold satisfactory construct validity, internal…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Allied Health Personnel, Immunization Programs, Caregivers
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Gould, Madelyn S.; Kalafat, John; HarrisMunfakh, Jimmie Lou; Kleinman, Marjorie – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
In this study we evaluated the effectiveness of telephone crisis services/hotlines, examining proximal outcomes as measured by changes in callers' suicide state from the beginning to the end of their calls to eight centers in the U.S. and again within 3 weeks of their calls. Between March 2003 and July 2004, 1,085 suicide callers were assessed…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Suicide, Telecommunications, Help Seeking