A behavioral treatment of compulsive lip-biting.
This case report describes the successful behavioral treatment of compulsive lip-biting and face scarring in a 12 yr-old boy. The condition had been long standing, self-mutilating and intractable. A regime of tracking (self-recording), aversive response substitution, and relaxation effected immediate and long lasting tissue repair and cure.
D001348:Aversive Therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip; D008297:Male; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000628:therapy*