Diagnostic Order Behavior - RonaldMah

CAUSE: development, age, maturation

TREATMENT: satiation of developmental needs

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGEMENTS: person is reacting normally to normal development

TOLERANCE: high (if developmental stage is recognized)

CAUSE: situation

TREATMENT: change the situation

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGMENTS: person is reacting normally to the immediate situation only; the behavior is not something he/she does all the time

TOLERANCE: high  

CAUSE: fatigue, hunger

TREATMENT: treat condition- rest or feed

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGMENTS: person is reacting normally to the condition; condition changes, then behavior changes

TOLERANCE: high  

CAUSE: fear, anxiety, joy, sadness, grief

TREATMENT: validate emotions, teach appropriate expression

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGMENTS: person is reacting normally; colleague or supervisor may have judgment about appropriateness of the feeling

TOLERANCE: high (depends on own comfort w/expression of emotions)  

CAUSE: personality

TREATMENT: adjust for temperament/ socialize

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGMENTS: person is reacting based on innate normal traits for him/her

TOLERANCE: *high for temperament, *low for behavior

CAUSE: family/school systems, turmoil, constraints- dysfunctionality

TREATMENT: alter system, change environment

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGMENTS: person is reacting normally to an adverse environment; victim of the environment

TOLERANCE: high- sympathetic (colleague/supervisor may have guilt)

CAUSE: person's psychological problem/disorder

TREATMENT: treat problem/disorder- "sick" patient

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGMENTS: something is wrong with the person

TOLERANCE: low to high?

CAUSE: evil or rotten essence

TREATMENT: abandonment, punishment, damnation, or seeking of spiritual  intervention

IMPLICATIONS/JUDGMENTS: person is unsalvageable by another's activity or intervention

TOLERANCE: none to ?