Table 4.
Current practices and opinions regarding psychotropic medications questions
| Question | Always (%) | Very often (%) | Sometimes (%) | Rarely (%) | Never (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How often do you know the specific psychotropic medications your clients are receiving and when adjustments are made to the drugs or drug doses they receive? | 21.10 | 39.66 | 29.54 | 8.02 | 1.69 |
| How often do you know the intended effects of the psychotropic medication your clients are receiving? | 27.31 | 33.61 | 28.57 | 7.98 | 2.52 |
| How often do you work directly with the prescribing physicians to develop strategies for measuring the intended effects of the psychotropic medication your clients are receiving? | 5.88 | 14.29 | 8.82 | 31.09 | 39.92 |
| How often do you work directly with people other than the prescribing physicians (e.g., clients, parents, teachers) to develop strategies for measuring the intended effects of the psychotropic medication your clients are receiving? | 17.72 | 27.85 | 26.58 | 16.46 | 11.39 |
| How often are behavioral data reflecting the intended effects of psychotropic medications used by the prescribing physician in making treatment decisions regarding your clients? | 7.59 | 18.57 | 15.61 | 38.40 | 19.83 |
| How often are you involved in measuring possible adverse effects (i.e., side effects) of the psychotropic medications that your clients receive? | 7.30 | 13.73 | 35.62 | 24.46 | 18.88 |
| How often are you involved in socially validating the goals, procedures, and results of psychotropic medication treatments arranged for your clients? | 6.41 | 13.68 | 20.94 | 28.63 | 30.34 |
| How often are your clients served by an interdisciplinary team that includes you and deals with issues directly related to the use of psychotropic medications? | 11.01 | 22.47 | 18.94 | 28.19 | 19.38 |
| When your clients receive psychotropic medications, how often do they derive significant therapeutic benefit from those drugs? | 0.45 | 22.07 | 64.86 | 10.36 | 2.25 |
| How often should a behavior-analytic intervention be evaluated prior to using a psychotropic medication to address a behavioral issue (e.g., temper tantrums, short attention span)? | 50.89 | 43.30 | 5.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| When your clients are considered, how often is a behavior-analytic intervention evaluated prior to using a psychotropic medication to address a behavioral issue (e.g., temper tantrums, short attention span)? | 10.27 | 29.02 | 29.46 | 25.45 | 5.80 |