Table of Contents

Contributors
Introduction to the Clinical Practice Series
Introduction
Chapter 1. Self-Injurious Behaviors: Phenomenology and Assessment
Chapter 2. Stereotypic Self-Injurious Behaviors: Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology
Chapter 3. Psychotic Self-Injurious Behaviors: Phenomenology, Neurobiology, and Treatment
Chapter 4. Compulsive Self-Injurious Behaviors: Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology
Chapter 5. Psychotherapies for Compulsive Self-Injurious Behaviors
Chapter 6. Impulsive Self-Injurious Behaviors: Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology
Chapter 7. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Impulsive Self-Injurious Behaviors
Chapter 8. Psychodynamic Theory and Treatment of Impulsive Self-Injurious Behaviors
Index

About the Author

Daphne Simeon, M.D., is Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Student Education in the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York.

Eric Hollander, M.D., is a Professor; Director of Clinical Psychopharmacology; Director of the Compulsive, Impulsive, and Anxiety Disorders Program; and Clinical Director of the Seaver Autism Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York, New York.

Reviews

Self-Injurious Behaviors: Assessment and Treatment accomplishes what it sets out to do: to provide the practicing clinician with a solid overview of the topic along with a thorough review of current treatment approaches. It is brief, easy to read, and inexpensive. It is the ideal required reading for a course on the topic. The Clinical Practice Series of the American Psychiatric Press has produced another outstanding volume.

This excellent book includes the latest understanding of the problem of self injurious behavior. The charts and summaries make it clear and useful for the busy clinician. Information from well chosen studies and extensive bibliographies offer a path to further exploration. Four Stars!