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Treatment of Polydipsia Using a Contingency Management Procedure Incorporating a Self-Management Approach: A Single Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

John Turnbull
John Turnbull
Affiliation:
Princess Marina Hospital, Northampton
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Abstract

Polydipsia is a disorder that has received little attention in the research literature. Treatment has been mainly confined to medical or pharmacological intervention. Few studies have reported the use of contingency management techniques and none have sought to encourage self-management. This study shows how such a procedure brought about a significant change in rates of water drinking in a thirty-one year old man with a mild learning disability.

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Clinical Section
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 275 - 279
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1993

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