SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOUR: AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH

Abstract

Abstract  Recent developments in epidemiological and applied behavioural research and practice are reviewed. Three key themes in applied behavioural approaches are identified and discussed: an increasing tendency to base interventions upon prior experimental analyses; the use of communication as a metaphor in understanding the function of self-injurious behaviour; a questioning of the social validity of aversive interventions.