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This chapter concludes the book with a discussion of current and future directions in research and their potential to guide innovation in prevention and treatment of self-injury. We focus on three areas of potential promise. The first is primary and secondary prevention of the development and maintenance of chronic self-injurious behavior by early intervention in childhood. The second is identification of cross-syndrome processes in the neurobiology of genetic syndromes associated with self-injury. Particular emphasis is placed on impairments in inhibitory processes, with research examining both functional connectivity in relevant networks and synaptic development and functioning in inhibitory cortical and hippocampal interneurons. The third is the potential for basic and translational research in learning processes to increase the effectiveness and robustness of behavioral interventions, with particular emphasis on the utility of behavioral momentum theory in understanding the basic behavioral processes, including behavioral reinstatement, renewal, and resurgence, which underlie relapse following successful intervention.
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Furniss, F., Biswas, A.B. (2020). Current Developments and Future Prospects for Prevention and Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior. In: Self-Injurious Behavior in Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Conditions . Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36016-0_9
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