Nocturnal headbanging as a settling habit: The behavioural treatment of a 4-year-old boy

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Golding, Kim ^a,b,c  

^a Park Hospital for Children Oxford   (United Kingdom)

^b The Open University

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Childhood sleep problems; Nocturnal headbanging; Settling problems

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0031983872     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104598031004     Document Type: Review

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