behavioural disturbance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbehaviouralanddisturbance
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behavioural
adjective
uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjə.rəl/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ.əl/
relating ...
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disturbance
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈstɜː.bəns/us/dɪˈstɝː.bəns/
something that interrupts someone or makes someone ...
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(Definition ofbehaviouralanddisturbancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Criminal behaviour orbehaviouraldisturbanceleading to admission was also recorded, as well as previous criminal and institutional history.
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Their use is generally a proxy for inadequate supervision, management ofbehaviouraldisturbanceor medical comorbidity.
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Due to dementia, patients neglect their personal hygiene and occasionally developbehaviouraldisturbance because of erosion of gums and abscessed decaying teeth.
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More specifically, service providers need to be resourced and trained to deal with mental andbehaviouraldisturbance.
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Measuringbehaviouraldisturbanceof elderly demented patients in the community and its effects on relatives: a factor analytic study.
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The one exception to all of this is the case of children with emotional andbehaviouraldisturbance.
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The important area of emotional andbehaviouraldisturbanceis, again, something which cannot be overestimated.
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For children with severe learning difficulties, the figure is £6,500 and for children with emotional andbehaviouraldisturbanceit is more than £8,000.
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I stress that emotional andbehaviouraldisturbancedoes not describe simply naughtly children who need to be brought into line.
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The asylum admitted patients with behavioural disturbances consequent on imbecility, dementia and organic disorders in addition to what would now be considered functional mental illnesses.
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The second group of agents which have been evaluated for behavioural disturbances of patients with dementia, are benzodiazepines.
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It was usually associated with fever, featuring cognitive and behavioural disturbances as well as disruption of sleep.
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Behavioural disturbances are at times provoked by the care providers themselves.
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This will necessarily include management of behavioural disturbances and prevention of complications as above.
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Since most behavioural disturbances in patients with dementia remit,7 continued treatment in the absence of symptomatology is not necessary.
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Any new situation is associated with increased confusion and behavioural disturbances, which usually remit as patients become familiar with the new setting.
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Since many behavioural disturbances are related to an underlying physical illness of the patient, family members must be vigilant and assess the patient for pain, dehydration, and delirium.
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This treatment should be reconsidered on a regular basis and trials should be made to take patients off neuroleptics as the behavioural disturbances frequently will not relapse.
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As examples of behavioural disturbances of these systems the authors discuss minor anatomical localizations within these systems leading to such diverse behaviours as apathy and disinhibition.
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