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SIB

SIB is the abbreviations of Self-injurious Behavior referring to severe and sometimes life-threatening acts that cause damage to the subject"s own body, such as head banging,

eye gouging, severe scratching, rumination, some types of pica, and inserting objects under the skin.

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