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Meds plus behavior management for Autism by JohnL Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Sun 01 Nov 2009 12:00am Michael Aman and co-authors (and there are at least 25 of them) reported that a combination of medication and parent training in behavior management was more effective than medication alone in reducing behavior problems. They assigned families randomly assigned to receive either risperidone as well as parent management training or risperidone Read on »

Migraine prevention is most effective when drug and behavioral management are combined by Dr. Alexander Mauskop Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 23 Feb 2011 8:02pm Migraine prevention is most effective when a preventive medication and behavioral management are combined together. A study by Dr. Holroyd and his colleagues published in the British Medical Journal showed that a beta blocker alone and behavioral management alone did not help patients with migraine headaches. However, combining these two resulted Read on »

Treating Sundowner's Syndrome: Top 10 Behavior Management Strategies by gilbertGuide Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:34am ” for Sundowner’s Syndrome, but it can be treated. The best way to treat a person with the condition is by managing his or her behavior. Targeting the underlying causes and triggers.... Following are ten approaches to managing the behaviors associated with sundowning. 1. Establish a routine. As Alzheimer's and dementia progresses, the patient’s ability to reason Read on »

The Disease Management Care Blog Interviews a Full-Risk Physician Group Medical Director: Does Disease Management Work? by JaanS Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 02 Dec 2008 3:08am The Disease Management Care Blog had the opportunity to chat with the medical director of a >300 doc California-based physician group that, aside from some high cost... no. About 10% of his primary care physicians’ compensation is based on “pay for performance.” He has no doubt that it leads to physician behavior change. The P4P measures are all Read on »

Another Study Proves Disease Managment Works - Even Though the Researchers Didn't Call It "Disease Management" but "Collaborativ by JaanS Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 10 Jan 2011 5:56pm Two tiresome canards about "disease management" are that 1) it fails to address the full spectrum of patient care needs by being limited to one condition at a time, and 2) it leaves the patients' physicians out of the loop. While that may have characterized some of the earliest disease management programs back in the 1990s, both issues were quickly Read on »

The Disease Management Care Blog Summarizes the Latest Disease Management Journal - Read All About It! by JaanS Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 02 Dec 2008 3:08am Many readers of the Disease Management Care Blog have probably found the April issue of Disease Management, the official journal of the DMAA, the Care Continuing Alliance.... Callan CM: Health information technology for the disease management. Dr. Callan also provides a brief ‘Point Of View’ that extols the virtues of health information technology Read on »

The Bad and the Ugly of Disease Management ROI and How Al Lewis of the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium Wants to Fix It by JaanS Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 15 Apr 2009 11:48pm Al Lewis is a colleague of the Disease Management Care Blog. It’s always a treat running into a founder of the DMAA and the head of the Disease Management Purchasing...-as-usual disease management pre-post analyses being foisted on unsuspecting purchasers miserably fail to account for the persons with chronic illness that are missing in the baseline Read on »

Kaiser's Electronic Messaging System and the Implications for Disease Management (and KP's own disease management programs) by JaanS Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 10 Mar 2009 3:54pm The Disease Management Care Blog has been slowly navigating through the latest issue of Health Affairs and wanted to draw readers' attention to the lead article.... If this occurred absent any change in clinic personnel then it would imply that practice efficiency increased. The implications for disease management (DM)? The DMCB still thinks Read on »

Autism Disorders and Intellectual Disability: Claim that 75-80% of Persons with Autistic Disorder are Intellectually Disabled i by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 03 May 2010 2:41am but is not comfortable with the fact that many persons with Autistic Disorder are Intellectually Disabled. Mr. Griswold and Astrid at at Astrid's Journal disagree with my numerical references... seems to think. My assertion is that credible authorities have stated that 75-80% of persons with Autistic Disorder are intellectually disabled. I stand by that assertion Read on »

Autism Twitter Day Should Include Severe, Low Functioning, Autistic Disorder Realities by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 08 Dec 2008 4:53am

1 Comment not exclude the severely autistic - those persons with Autistic Disorder who are low functioning and cognitively impaired. On Autism Twitter Day let us not forget those persons with Autistic Disorder who live their adult Read on »