@article{ref1,
title="Treatment of life-threatening self-injurious behavior secondary to hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type II: a controlled case study",
journal="Journal of child neurology",
year="2008",
author="Kuhn, Donald and Hagopian, Louis and Terlonge, Cindy",
volume="23",
number="4",
pages="381-388",
abstract="Although self-injurious behavior is present in all subtypes of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, the literature has not sufficiently addressed the issue of treatment of self-injury in this population. Therefore, the purpose of the current case study was to describe a method for assessing and treating self-injurious behavior associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies. This study was conducted with an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type II admitted to an inpatient behavioral unit over a 4-month period. A simplified version of a habit reversal treatment was used, consisting of awareness training, self-monitoring, competing responses, and social support. Treatment resulted in a 98% reduction in the rate of self-injurious behavior relative to pretreatment baseline rates. This case study illustrates that behavioral interventions may be a viable option for treating self-injury secondary to hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-0738",
doi="10.1177/0883073807309236",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0883073807309236"
}