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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)

That's the only context in which I've heard it used, though admittedly I haven't read much psychology literature. The concept and the slang term were probably first joined in the PDD care community, and if they appear in other situations, it's probably culturally derivative. --BlueNight 03:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it occurs in other situations which are not autism-related (e.g.; Stereotypic movement disorder). That's partly why the statement is no longer in the article. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:43, 6 April 2007 (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)

[edit] Self-Injury

I removed an entire paragraph from the end of the article that had dealt with self-injury. It lacked citation, and had been so marked for some time. Normally I'd leave it in with the Citation Needed tag, but it was a bit prejudicial against stereotypy so I've removed it. I'll include it here in its entirety should someone desperately want to restore it:

"Sometimes self-injury is viewed as a form of stimming.[citation needed] Usually, self-injury is very different from stimming, but people with decreased pain sensitivity may injure themselves because they like the feel of it, similar to other stims.[citation needed] For example, they might like the way their hand feels in the mouth when they bite themselves, while not feeling the pain of the bite. Or they might like pressure on their forehead and bang their head without it hurting, even if they are risking brain damage."

--Llewdor (talk) 08:36, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Good move; I should have removed it long ago, and just never got around to it. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is this a neologism?

The references provided do not use this word. I cannot find it in dictionaries. Could you provide some reliable references where this word is used. Mattisse 01:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Eubulides added the cite (as shown in history) and he would not add a cite if the cite didn't verify the text. Are you making the mistake of reading the abstract only instead of the full-text of the journal study? Also, did you look at the title of the second reference? This is such a common word that I'm surprised you would inquire. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Also, try http://scholar.google.com with a search on stimming autism; you'll get over 100 hits (like this one). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Another example at PMID 12160695 SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:52, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
The cited source (Nind & Kellett 2002) does mention timming, and refers to "NEUFELDT, A. H., BICKLEN, D., FELDMAN, M., JONES, R. and McDONALD, S. (1998). 'Self-injurious and stereotypic behaviour: commentary on the current state of knowledge', International Journal of Practical Approaches to Disability, 22, 29–31. I just now checked Google Scholar and the oldest mention I found was the following quote from Maag et al. 1986 (PMID 3957861): "… the teacher said a stern "No stimming' …". In all the examples I found (including Nind & Kellett), it's clear that stimming is a relatively informal word; it's not used in a technical sense by autism researchers, but seems to be a popular word in special education. Eubulides (talk) 04:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)