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Treatment of self‐injury correlated with mechanical restraints
Author(s) -
Kahng SungWoo,
Abt Kimberly A.,
Wilder David A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.86
Subject(s) - psychology , head injury , head (geology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , geomorphology , geology
Abstract Mechanical arm restraints were used to decrease hand‐to‐head self‐injurious behavior (SIB) exhibited by a 16‐year‐old female with severe mental retardation. Although mechanical restraints reduced hand‐to‐head SIB, they were correlated with an increase in other topographies of SIB (e.g., head banging). These other topographies were not significantly affected by the addition of an environmental enrichment procedure, but were immediately and almost completely suppressed when contingent exercise was added. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.