Treatment of self-injury correlated with mechanical restraints

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...

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Published inBehavioral interventions Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 105 - 110
Main Authors Kahng, SungWoo, Abt, Kimberly A., Wilder, David A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.04.2001
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ISSN1072-0847
1099-078X
DOI10.1002/bin.86

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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1072-0847
1099-078X
DOI:10.1002/bin.86