You are currently viewing a new version of our website. To view the old version click .

Behavioral Sciences, Volume 4, Issue 4

December 2014 - 11 articles

  • Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
  • You may sign up for email alerts to receive table of contents of newly released issues.
  • PDF is the official format for papers published in both, html and pdf forms. To view the papers in pdf format, click on the "PDF Full-text" link, and use the free Adobe Reader to open them.

Articles (11)

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
43 Citations
11,942 Views
17 Pages

8 December 2014

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who fail to respond to established treatments are at risk for chronic disability and distress. Although treatment-resistant PTSD (TR-PTSD) is a common clinical problem, there is currently no standar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,860 Views
16 Pages

1 December 2014

This exploratory study intends to characterize the neuropsychological profile in persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) using objective measures of cognitive performance. A neuropsychological battery...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
12,972 Views
24 Pages

1 December 2014

Using three spatial network measures of “space syntax”, this correlational study describes four interaction-related behaviors among three groups of users in relation to visibility and accessibility of spaces in four adult intensive care units (ICUs)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
16,191 Views
11 Pages

Merging Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions in Schizophrenia

  • Tania Lecomte,
  • Marc Corbière,
  • Stéphanie Simard and
  • Claude Leclerc

6 November 2014

Psychosocial interventions are an essential part of the treatment for people with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia. The criteria regarding what makes an intervention “evidence-based” along with a current list of evidence-based intervention...

  • Review
  • Open Access
104 Citations
21,847 Views
14 Pages

31 October 2014

The ability to successfully navigate in healthcare facilities is an important goal for patients, visitors, and staff. Despite the fundamental nature of such behavior, it is not infrequent for planners to consider wayfinding only after the fact, once...

  • Review
  • Open Access
633 Citations
75,398 Views
16 Pages

21 October 2014

Physical settings can play a role in coping with stress; in particular experimental research has found strong evidence between exposure to natural environments and recovery from physiological stress and mental fatigue, giving support to both Stress R...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,920 Views
13 Pages

Prescribing Clinicians’ Perspectives on Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

  • Erin R. Barnett,
  • Nancy C. Bernardy,
  • Aaron B. Jenkyn,
  • Louise E. Parker,
  • Brian C. Lund,
  • Bruce Alexander and
  • Matthew J. Friedman

21 October 2014

Evidence-based psychotherapies (EBP) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder are not utilized to their full extent within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). VA provides care to many persons with PTSD and has been in the forefront of clinical practice...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,782 Views
23 Pages

13 October 2014

“Behavior settings” are generated by joint actions of individuals in conjunction with the milieu features (or affordances) that are available. The reported research explores the hypothesis that the identity or meaning of a behavior setting can be per...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
13,401 Views
19 Pages

9 October 2014

Impulsivity is a common and debilitating sequela following traumatic brain injury (TBI), but there is no consensual definition or measure to assess this construct. The following review aims to elucidate the differences and resemblances between impuls...

of 2

Get Alerted

Add your email address to receive forthcoming issues of this journal.

XFacebookLinkedIn
Behav. Sci. - ISSN 2076-328X