Treatment of chronic skin-picking in an adolescent with asperger syndrome and borderline intellectual disability

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-325

  Lang, Russell ^a   Didden, Robert ^b   Sigafoos, Jeff ^c   Rispoli, Mandy ^d   Regester, April ^a   Lancioni, Giulio E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antecedent intervention; Asperger syndrome; Borderline intellectual disability; Differential reinforcement; Skin picking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BANDAGE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SKIN PICKING DISORDER; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 68349139223     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650109341841     Document Type: Review

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