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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Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior in Autism, Summarized Jan 28, 2009

Applied behavior analysis (ABA therapy) may be helpful in stopping self-injurious behavior in people with autism.

Self-injurious behavior can be one of the hardest symptoms of autism. Self-injurious behavior is most often self-hitting or banging of the head and face and self-biting. People with low IQ are more likely to have self-injurious behavior. Some people believe that self-injurious behaviors are shaped, strengthened, and maintained because the person with autism gets desired feedback from the behavior. This article reviews self-injurious behavior in autism and describes treatments. Read more...

Clinical Management of Adolescents with Autism, Summarized Jan 12, 2009

Treatment of autism often requires a team approach and it is helpful if all members of the team are informed about the many treatment options that are available.

This review article describes the behavior therapy and drug therapy that may be required for the treatment of autism. The authors note that people with autism can vary quite a bit in terms of how they can function on a daily basis. In some patients symptoms improve with age, in others, symptoms stay the same or decline with age. Treatments may need to address the core features of autism and also problems such as seizures, self-injurious behavior, and anxiety. Treatment success occurs when the patient is able to function at his or her best. Read more...

Treatment Approaches for Self-Injurious Behavior in Individuals with Autism: Behavioral and Pharmacological Methods, Summarized Dec 18, 2008

Some children with autism self-injure themselves, and self-injurious behavior may be best treated by a mixture of behavior therapy and drug therapy.

Self-injurious behavior is any harmful behavior that the person inflicts upon himself/herself. No one knows the cause of self-injurious behavior, but it seems to have a basis in behavior and biology. There does not seem to be a single good treatment for self-injurious behavior. The purpose of this review article is to describe the options available to treat self-injurious behavior in people with autism. The most common treatment approach for self-injurious behavior is behavioral treatment such as applied behavior analysis (ABA therapy). Read more...

Atypical Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents with Autistic and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Summarized Sep 3, 2008

Drug therapy may help with problem behaviors that can be associated with autism.

This review article describes the use of a type of drug known as atypical antipsychotics as a treatment for children with autism, and reports on whether or not these drugs work. Atypical antipsychotics are often used as a first-line therapy to treat problem behaviors in children with autism. Problem behaviors such as aggression and self-injury and tantrums can often get in a way of a childâ??s schooling. Atypical antipsychotics include clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, and aripiprazole. Risperidone is the only drug that is FDA-approved for use with autism. 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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