Talk:Stimming

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[edit] PDD-centric?

"Stimming is a behavior observed in people who have Asperger's syndrome or autism. It refers to performing an action that gives the person comfort" Is this word used only in the frame of PDDs? Apokrif 16:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Merge

As Stimming is a slang term for Stereotypic Movement Disorder (or if not, certainly the most obvious behavioural trait of the abovementioned disorder), should the two articles not be merged? ~Leftblank

No. People with other conditions have stims or stereotypies. Sandy (Talk) 01:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I've corrected stereotypy (psychiatry) to list more of the conditions that include stereotypies: stimming is *not* a slang term for stereotypic movement disorder. Stereotypic movement disorder specifically precludes other diagnoses, such as the pervasive developmental disorders (see the DSM criteria). I removed the merge tag, as one is a diagnosis, the other is a symptom of several different diagnoses. Sandy (Talk) 02:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] People of this name

Just as a side information, there exist also several people of this name. Prof. Ulrich Stimming [1] of Technische Universität München (University of Technology, Munich, Germany), Physics Departments, is probably famous enough so that someone might start the article sooner or later. --134.28.254.10 13:50, 17 January 2007 (UTC)