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DOI: 10.1177/1359104598031004 Nocturnal Headbanging as a Settling Habit: The Behavioural Treatment of a 4-Year-Old BoyPark Hospital for Children, Oxford A healthy 4-year-old boy of normal intelligence demonstrating nocturnal head-banging was treated successfully using behavioural methods. The behaviour was conceptualized as an atypical settling habit which was maintaining a disturbed sleep pattern. The intervention consisted of mild aversion therapy combined with a reward programme. The importance of stress as a factor in maintaining this problem is highlighted. Parental confidence was essential to the outcome of this intervention.
Key Words: behavioural intervention childhood sleep problems nocturnal headbanging settling problems
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