Psycho-Educational Intervention and Self-Monitoring for a High School Girl Who Picked Her Skin: A Case Report

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  • Sadahisa Maki
    Center for Research on Human Development and Clinical Psychology, Hyogo University of Teacher Education

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  • 皮膚むしりを主訴とする女子高校生に対する心理教育とセルフモニタリング—症例研究—
  • 皮膚むしりを主訴とする女子高校生に対する心理教育とセルフモニタリング : 症例研究
  • ヒフムシリ オ シュソ ト スル ジョシ コウコウセイ ニ タイスル シンリ キョウイク ト セルフモニタリング : ショウレイ ケンキュウ

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<p>The present article reports improvemented in problem behavior 3 months after a psycho-educational intervention with self-monitoring. The client was a female freshman at a public high school. She picked her nails and the skin around them, which is usually referred to as “skin-picking” or “excoriation disorder”. The present author was unable to find a published report on a method for treating an individual with a skin picking disorder. In Session 1, a behavioral contract was concluded after a behavioral interview. A psycho-educational intervention was implemented in Sessions 1 and 2, and self-monitoring and environmental adjustment were added from Sessions 2 to 9. The picked portion at the time of the Functional Assessment Interview (FAI) was defined as 100％; this portion gradually decreased. By Session 9, the picked portion was reduced to only 10％. The participant successfully maintained her improvement, as observed at a at 3-month follow-up. The treatment goal was not complete elimination of the problem behavior, but rather acquisition of control over the behavior while reducing it. Also alternative behavior increased more. This was maintained even after a 6-month follow-up.</p>

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