Treatment of drug-induced stereotypy.

Abstract

One adult of a minority ethnicity, who met criteria for amphetamine-induced psychosis in remission, received treatment for an amphetamine-induced stereotypic behavior. His stereotypic behavior was treated with habit reversal training (HRT), and the treatment's effects were assessed using direct observation procedures. As a result of a two hour intervention, his stereotypic behavior was reduced to near zero levels, and maintained at four month follow-up.