@article{ref1,
title="A 4-year follow-up of treatment of self-injury",
journal="Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry",
year="1993",
author="Ricketts, R. W. and Goza, A. B. and Matese, M.",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="57-62",
abstract="Data on the long-term effectiveness of behavioral treatment for self-injurious behavior in individuals with mental retardation is rare. We present 4-year follow-up data on a 28-year-old man whose severe self-injurious behavior was treated with brief contingent electric stimulation via the Self-Injurious Behavior Inhibiting System (SIBIS). Event data collected throughout follow-up showed reductions in head-hitting and head-banging from over 2,600 responses per hour to approximately 1 response per hour during much of the first 31 months of treatment. However, the rate of head-banging began increasing thereafter, with the SIBIS losing its effectiveness to such an extent that it was no longer clinically useful.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0005-7916",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}