Design of individualized behavioral treatment programs using functional analytic clinical case models

Author(s): Leisen, M. B., Blaine, D. D.

Journal/Book: Psychol Assessment. 1997; 9: 750 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Amer Psychological Assoc. 334-348.

Abstract: The design of an individualized treatment program in behavior therapy is critical, complex, and strongly affected by pretreatment data obtained as part of a multimethod, multimodal assessment. The functional analysis is the integration of several elements for individualized treatment decision making: the relative importance, interrelationships, and sequelae of a client's behavior problems and treatment goals and the relative modifiability, interrelationships, and strength of causal variables. The functional analysis can be represented visually with the functional analytic clinical case model (FACCM), a vector-graphic representation of variables and functional relationships. This article describes and illustrates the methods, rationale, and characteristics of both the functional analysis and the FACCM, using a clinical case example. Research and restrictions on the treatment utility of the functional analysis are discussed.

Note: Article Haynes SN, Univ Hawaii, Dept Psychol, 2430 Campus Rd, Honolulu,HI 96822 USA

Keyword(s): RESPONSE PATTERNS; INTERVENTION; AGORAPHOBIA; DEPRESSION; DISORDER; JUDGMENT; SETTINGS; STRESS

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