'Addiction' to a strait jacket: a case report of treatment of self-injurious behaviour in an autistic child.
A 14-year-old autistic girl presented with severe, chronic head-banging, some relief being obtained by restraint harnesses. Withdrawal of her straitjacket resulted in extreme SIB. Exhibition of fluphenazine relieved the condition.
D000293:Adolescent; D001143:Arousal; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005476:Fluphenazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000523:psychology*; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*
D005476:Fluphenazine