Relax and try this instead: abbreviated habit reversal for maladaptive self-biting. |
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| Authors: | K M Jones S M Swearer P C Friman |
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| Institution: | Father Flanagan''s Boys'' Home, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010, USA. |
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| Abstract: | We evaluated the effectiveness of an abbreviated habit reversal procedure to reduce mal-adaptive oral self-biting in an adolescent boy in residential care. Treatment involved a combination of relaxation and two competing responses. Results of a withdrawal design and two posttreatment medical evaluations indicated that the intervention eliminated the biting and the tissue damage it caused. |
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| Keywords: | habit disorders habit reversal anxiety self-biting behavioral assessment |
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