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The untapped potential of behaviour analysis and interprofessional care
Louis P A Busch1, Jennifer Porter2, Lesley Barreira3
1Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Forensic Dual Diagnosis Specialty Service, Toronto, Canada.
Journal of Interprofessional Care
|August 9, 2019
Summary
Behavior analysis offers a rigorous framework for improving interprofessional collaboration in mental health care. This approach enhances theoretical clarity and methodological rigor for better research and practice outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Science
- Mental Health Care
- Interprofessional Education
Background:
- Interprofessional collaboration is crucial for quality mental health care.
- Existing collaborative practice initiatives face conceptual and methodological challenges.
- There is a need for enhanced theoretical clarity and methodological rigor in interprofessional research and practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the application of behavior analytic principles to interprofessional care.
- To provide a philosophical and methodological framework for improving interprofessional collaboration.
- To enhance the prediction and influence of events in collaborative mental health settings.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of behavior analytic contributions to interprofessional care.
- Application of functional contextualism as a philosophical framework.
- Conceptualizing interprofessional collaboration as a metacontingency for group-level analysis.
Main Results:
- Behavior analysis offers a philosophical position with clear analytical goals for interprofessional care.
- Functional contextualism can provide a framework for improving collaboration and health outcomes.
- Metacontingency offers a behavior analytic concept for group-level analysis of social components.
Conclusions:
- Behavior analytic methodology can significantly enhance interprofessional practice, research, and education in mental health.
- This approach addresses limitations in current collaborative practice initiatives.
- It promotes theoretical clarity and methodological rigor for improved service user outcomes.
Keywords:
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