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A Treatment Package without Escape Extinction to Address Food Selectivity
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2015
Feeding difficulties are a common problem for children with developmental disorders, including autism, and behavioral interventions often include escape extinction. Recent research has begun to evaluate treatments that do not include escape extinction. This manuscript describes a multicomponent treatment package that does not use escape extinction to treat feeding difficulties.
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy to Manage Treatment-Resistant Depression
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2025
Source: Moeller, S., et al., Vagus Nerve Stimulation As an Adjunctive Neurostimulation Tool in Treatment-resistant Depression. J. Vis. Exp. (2019)This video demonstrates a clinical protocol for Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) as an adjunctive neurostimulation therapy for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
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The Goeckerman Regimen for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis
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2013
Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease. The Goeckerman regimen, formulated for the treatment of psoriasis, consists of exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) light and application of crude coal tar (CCT). The following protocol is for the administration of Goeckerman therapy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis.
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Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment as a Useful Adjunctive Tool for Pneumonia
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2014
Pneumonia is one of the top ten leading causes of death in the U.S. Osteopathic manipulative techniques (OMT) may be utilized as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of pneumonia to enhance biomechanical and immune function; and ultimately, to reduce hospital stay, duration of antibiotics, incidence of respiratory failure, and mortality. In this video-article, we will review randomized controlled studies on the use of OMT in pneumonia patients, as well as demonstrate specific hands-on...
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Acupoint Application as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Fatigue Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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2025
This protocol describes the specific process and efficacy of acupoint application in treating fatigue symptoms associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
FAQs
Clear communication helps patients understand what to do, when to do it, and why the plan matters. When instructions are difficult to understand, patients may struggle to carry out medication use, monitoring, appointments, or lifestyle recommendations consistently. Shared decision-making can improve fit between the prescribed plan and the patient’s ability to follow it.
Complex regimens create more opportunities for missed doses, appointments, monitoring tasks, or lifestyle recommendations. Side effects can make patients reluctant or unable to continue as planned. These factors affect day-to-day behavior rather than simply reflecting motivation, so clinicians should consider whether simplifying the regimen or addressing tolerability could support more reliable treatment.
Financial barriers, limited access to care, and personal beliefs can interfere with carrying out an otherwise appropriate medical plan. These influences may affect medication use, follow-up visits, monitoring, or recommended lifestyle changes. Identifying them allows clinicians to address practical obstacles directly instead of interpreting missed treatment as simple patient failure.
Assessing compliance helps clinicians judge whether a treatment plan is being followed before interpreting its results or changing therapy. It also supports safer prescribing by revealing difficulties with medications, monitoring, or follow-up. In clinical research, inconsistent treatment use can make findings less reliable because observed outcomes may not reflect the intended treatment exposure.
A useful assessment considers more than medication use. Clinicians can review attendance at appointments, completion of monitoring, lifestyle recommendations, understanding of instructions, side effects, cost, beliefs, access, and regimen complexity. Examining these areas helps distinguish communication problems from practical barriers and provides a basis for individualized changes to the care plan.
Education, reminders, follow-up, shared decision-making, and simplified regimens are supported approaches for improving compliance. Education clarifies expectations, while reminders and follow-up reinforce ongoing care. Shared decisions can make the plan more workable, and simplification can reduce the burden of complex treatment. Combining strategies allows care to address several barriers at once.
Compliance assessment can reveal why a patient is struggling with a plan, including unclear instructions, side effects, cost, beliefs, access, or excessive complexity. Clinicians can then tailor education, follow-up, reminders, or the regimen itself to the patient’s circumstances. This practical approach may improve therapeutic outcomes and reduce preventable complications.