Cognitive Remediation Journal 2020, 9(2):1-8 | DOI: 10.5507/crj.2020.002

The Therapy of Aggressivness of Persons with Mental Handicap Combined with Further Mental Diseases

L. Svobodová

¹ Domov se zvláštním režimem, Domov Maxov

The main purpose of the research work is to prove the link between the guided regular activation and relaxation practised by users of the Regime Community Housing (people with a mental handicap in combination of other mental diseases and aggressive behaviour) and the amount of aggressive behaviour that comes along with a crisis intervention of the caring staff. The research highlights the quantity. As a tool for gathering the research data was used the information system of the social services eQuip. From the research is obvious that when users regularly practice ventilation and they participate in the activation programs along with going through the anxiety therapy as a part of guided relaxation programs, the amount of crisis interventions of the caring staff in Regime Community Housing gradually decreases. In the research period /2014-2017/ the number of crisis intervention dropped up to 56%. As a benefit of the research is considered the increase of competencies in the area of the regulation of their own behaviour, which creates good conditions for the reduction of antipsychotic medication therapeutic doses given to individual users of the service. During the research period, the antipsychotic medication in six out of eight users was reduced by 59%.

Keywords: Behavioural therapy, applied behavioural analysis, mental retardation, psychiatric comordibity, aggressive behaviour, ventilation techniques

Published: April 20, 2020  Show citation