TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - A 4-year follow-up of treatment of self-injury
JO  - Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry
A1  - Ricketts, R. W.
A1  - Goza, A. B.
A1  - Matese, M.
SP  - 57
EP  - 62
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0005-7916
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -