Research summaries for autism therapy: self injury

definition of self injury: Behavior or action that results in harm to oneself. Examples of self-injurious behavior include biting, head banging, and cutting.
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ECT for Self-injury in an Autistic Boy, Summarized Jul 15, 2009

Electroconvulsive therapy reduced severe self-injury behavior in a boy with autism, allowing him to attend school. This case study reported electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for an 8-year-old boy with autism, mental retardation, mood swings, and extreme self-injury behavior. He was trying to hurt himself an average of 109 times per hour. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy and drug therapy did not work.... Read more...

Functional Analysis of Precursors for Serious Problem Behavior and Related Intervention, Summarized Jul 6, 2009

Paying attention to early warning signals before a problem behavior in children with autism may help prevent it.

Three children with autism (6-18 years old) were getting behavioral therapy (ABA). The children had a pattern of certain harmless behaviors (called precursor behaviors) before a more severe problem behavior. For example, one child would squeal (precursor behavior) before biting or scratching herself or others (problem behavior). The problem behaviors happened less often when therapists made some changes. If the precursor behavior was rewarded or the therapist encouraged the child to communicate right after the precursor behavior, then the child had fewer problem behaviors. Read more...

Effects of Vibroacoustic Music on Challenging Behaviors in Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Summarized May 8, 2009

Music therapy may reduce problem behavior in people with autism.

This study was performed in order to see if vibroacoustic music therapy reduced problem behavior in adults with autism. The authors note that patients who received the music therapy did not hurt themselves as much (self-injurious behavior). The patients injured themselves less and less after many sessions of music therapy. The assistants noted that the patients seemed to feel more and more secure as they spent time with the sound of the musics. The authors do not know how the music therapy was able to change the behaviors of the patients with autism. Read more...

Constipation Associated with Self-Injurious and Aggressive Behavior Exhibited by a Child Diagnosed with Autism, Summarized Apr 24, 2009

The health of the gut may be an important key to behavior in children with autism.

This study was designed to see if children who are constipated are more likely to hurt themselves (self-injurious behavior). The study had only one boy (age 7) with autism who was also prone to constipation. The child was given drug therapy (Senokot and MiraLAX) to promote bowel clean out. The authors found that as his bowel status improved, the level of his problem behavior decreased until it reached near-zero levels. The authors suggest that the child was in pain from the constipation and the pain may have prompted his problem behavior. Read more...

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Synonyms for self injury include: self injurious, self injurious behavior, self injurious behaviour, self injury, self-injurious, self-injurious behavior, self-injurious behaviour, self-injury
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