Psychiatry and Psychology

Stereotypic Movement Disorder

Motor behavior that is repetitive, often seemingly driven, and nonfunctional. This behavior markedly interferes with normal activities or results in severe bodily self-injury. The behavior is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. (DSM-IV, 1994)

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Motor behavior that is repetitive, often seemingly driven, and nonfunctional. This behavior markedly interferes with normal activities or results in severe bodily self-injury. The behavior is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. (DSM-IV, 1994)

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4 entry terms
  • Movement Disorder, Stereotypic
  • Stereotypic Movement Disorders
  • Body Rocking
  • Head Banging

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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98; for HEAD BANGING & BODY ROCKING use STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR 1981-97

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Stereotypic Movement Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019956. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019956
  2. Stereotypic Movement Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypic_movement_disorder
  3. Stereotypic Movement Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845978