Self-injurious behavior : gene-brain-behavior relationships /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Schroeder, Stephen R., Oster-Granite, Mary Lou, Thompson, Travis
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2002]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Self-Injurious Behavior > etiology. Self-Injurious Behavior > therapy.

Table of Contents:

Self-injury : knowing what we're looking for
Self-injury and comorbid behaviors in developmental, neurological, psychiatric, and genetic disorders
Epidemiology of self-injurious behavior in mental retardation : a review
Treatment : current standards of care and their research implications
Environmental determinants of self-injurious behavior
Functional assessment and self-restraint
The impact of functional assessment on the treatment of self-injurious behavior
Evolution of stereotypy into self-injury
Incidence of self-injurious behavior : birth to 3 years
Self-injurious behavior in captive macaque monkeys
Dopaminergic mechanisms in self-injurious behavior and related disorders
Pemoline and other dopaminergic models of self-biting behavior
Opioids and the maintenance of self-injurious behavior
Sleep and cyclical variables related to self-injurious and other destructive behaviors
Self-injury and pain : models and mechanisms
Temporal and force dynamics of self-injury
Lessons from Lesch-Nylan syndrome
Neuroimaging studies in Lesch-Nylan syndrome and Lesch-Nylan variants
Age-dependent reduction of brain dopamine : relationship to self-injurious behavior
A new animal model for Lesch-Nylan syndrome : calcium channel activation with Bay K 8644
Replacement therapy for the treatment of Lesch-Nylan syndrome