Treatment of repeated self- injurious behaviour with naltrexone: a case report
By: Praveen Navkhare, Abhishek Mamarde and Anand Lade
Open Access
|Dec 2013Abstract
A wide array of behavioral techniques and psychotropic medications are used to treat self-injurious behaviour associated with mental retardation, autism and other developmental disabilities. The behaviors range from biting to mutilating self. We describe a young male patient with severe self-injurious behavior who was successful treated with naltrexone. Previous treatment with antipsychotics had not been effective.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i2.6066
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i2.6066 | Journal eISSN: 2579-2008
Language: English
Page range: 49 - 51
Published on: Dec 29, 2013
Published by: Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2013 Praveen Navkhare, Abhishek Mamarde, Anand Lade, published by Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
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