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Safety seeking behaviours
— conceptualizing a person's reaction to the experience of cognitive confusion | | Author(s) | Ian A James, Neil Sabin |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 1, no 1, February 2002 |
| Pages | pp 37-46 |
| Keywords | Therapy ; Psychiatric treatment ; Dementia ; Confusion ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | People react to threatening situations by employing behaviours that they perceive will help them to cope with the difficulties confronting them. In cognitive therapy (CT), these behaviours, which can be either physical or mental activities, are termed "safety-seeking behaviours". This article discusses the use of such behaviours by people with cognitive confusion. It suggests that the use of safety behaviours may have a major impact on the presentation of the person. Indeed, in some situations, the behaviour may either mimic the effects of cognitive impairment or exacerbate the impact of the person's cognitive difficulties. Further, it is observed that the onset of dementia is likely both to lead to the emergence of safety behaviours and reinforce any coping strategies used by the person in the past. Hence, this article suggests that clinicians and staff should pay particular care when developing both their conceptualisations and care plans, to ensure that they have an appreciation of the forms of safety seeking behaviours the confused person may be using. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020624218 A |
| Classmark | LO: LP: EA: EDC: 69P |
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