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Behavior therapy empowers persons with severe mental illness

P W Corrigan1

  • 1University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Tinley Park, IL 60477, USA. pcorriga@mcis.bsd.uchicago.edu

Behavior Modification
|January 1, 1997
PubMed
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Behavior therapy empowers individuals with severe mental illness by fostering independent decision-making skills. These behavioral interventions offer support, simplify choices, and enhance self-control, countering misconceptions about their disempowering nature.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Severe mental illness (SMI) is often associated with challenges in decision-making.
  • Behavior therapy is sometimes mistakenly perceived as disempowering for individuals with SMI.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the misconception that behavior therapy disempowers individuals with severe mental illness.
  • To highlight how behavioral interventions actively promote independent decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • Review of behavioral strategies and their impact on decision-making in severe mental illness.
  • Analysis of how behavioral interventions facilitate choice, skill acquisition, and self-control.

Main Results:

  • Behavioral interventions provide safe environments for decision consideration.

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  • These interventions simplify complex choices and teach necessary decision-making behaviors.
  • Family members can be trained to better support independent decision-making.
  • Behavioral strategies enhance self-control over behaviors and environments.

    • Conclusions:

    • Behavior therapy is crucial for empowering individuals with severe mental illness.
    • Professionals must recognize and utilize behavioral principles to support autonomy in SMI.
    • Correcting misunderstandings about behavior therapy is essential for its effective application.