Citation

Rothenberger A. Acta Paedopsychiatr. 1993; 56(2): 99-104.

Affiliation

Central Institute of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mannheim, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, International Association for Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions, European Union for Child Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8135118

Abstract

This paper is part of a special section on 'self-injurious behavior and autism' and reports new data that variously support the suggested involvement of dopaminergic, serotoninergic and opiatergic neurotransmitter systems in the expression of self-injurious behaviour. Further, some notions concerning the underlying biological mechanisms of self-injurious behaviour related to brain function and brain topography are described. Finally, besides the critical evaluation of several drugs used to treat self-injurious behaviour, four cases of autism are reported where sulpiride, a benzamide derivative, clearly reduced self-injurious behaviour.

Language: en