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As behavioral treatment procedures gain acceptance as viable contributors to medical and rehabilitative care, behavioral psychologists are becoming increasingly involved in the evaluation and treatment of children and adults suffering from medical and neurological disorders (Pinkerton, Hughes, & Wenrich, 1982; Russo & Varni, 1982). Behavioral interventions are now being used to alleviate various conditions once regarded as involuntary, organic, and under the exclusive domain of the medical profession. Behavioral medicine as a technology has developed means by which individuals can modify their physiological functions. Consequently, the recent growth of behavioral medicine and behavioral assessment methods has focused on both environmental and organismic variables.
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Fischer, R.S. (1988). The Role of Neuropsychological Assessment in Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled. In: Russo, D.C., Kedesdy, J.H. (eds) Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0999-4_11
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