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Descriptor English: Stereotypic Movement Disorder
Descriptor Spanish: Trastorno de Movimiento Estereotipado
Descriptor trastorno de movimientos estereotipados
Entry term(s) balanceo corporal
cabeceo
ofensa capitis
Scope note: Conducta motora repetitiva, con frecuencia de apariciencia involuntaria y no funcional. Este comportamiento interfiere considerablemente con las actividades normales y puede producir autolesiones importantes. El comportamiento no se debe a efectos fisiológicos directos de ninguna sustancia o enfermedad. (DSM-IV, 1944)
Descriptor Portuguese: Transtorno de Movimento Estereotipado
Descriptor French: Stéréotypie
Entry term(s): Body Rocking
Head Banging
Movement Disorder, Stereotypic
Stereotypic Movement Disorders
Tree number(s): F03.625.984
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019956
Scope note: Motor behavior that is repetitive, often seemingly driven, and nonfunctional. This behavior markedly interferes with normal activities or results in severe bodily self-injury. The behavior is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. (DSM-IV, 1994)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 98; for HEAD BANGING & BODY ROCKING see STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR 1981-97
History Note: 98; for HEAD BANGING & BODY ROCKING use STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR 1981-97
Entry Version: STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DIS
Related: Stereotyped Behavior MeSH
DeCS ID: 33530
Unique ID: D019956
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Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2015/06/30
Stereotypic Movement Disorder - Preferred
Concept UI M0029631
Scope note Motor behavior that is repetitive, often seemingly driven, and nonfunctional. This behavior markedly interferes with normal activities or results in severe bodily self-injury. The behavior is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. (DSM-IV, 1994)
Preferred term Stereotypic Movement Disorder
Entry term(s) Movement Disorder, Stereotypic
Stereotypic Movement Disorders
Body Rocking - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0029629
Preferred term Body Rocking
Head Banging - Narrower
Concept UI M0029630
Preferred term Head Banging



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