Date: November 3, 2006 Time: Noon to 1:30 Title:  “Self-Injury in Developmental Disabilities: Biobehavioral Analyses of Stress and Pain Mechanisms” Speaker:  Frank Symons, PhD University of Minnesota About the Talk: Symons' research has dealt primarily with the behavioral mechanisms underlying chronic SIB among individuals with developmental disorders. An adequate understanding of the pathophysiology of SIB, however, most likely requires integrating our rich understanding of pain neurobiology and stress psychobiology with our emerging understanding of the role of early experience on multiple pain and stress-sensitive physiological systems. During a previous funding period, the opioid model of SIB was extended in line with clinical features suggestive of altered pain processing. In his current research program, he and his colleagues are testing an integrative pain and stress model of SIB in adults. Preliminary data provide initial support for a sensory dysfunction and pain subtype hypothesis of chronic SIB. Where:  Waisman Conference Center Room T216, Second Floor, North Tower For Further Information: Contact Teresa Palumbo at 263-5837 or palumbo@waisman.wisc.edu The Waisman Center Seminar Series is partially funded by the Friends of the Waisman Center and NIH grant P30 HD03352.   To download an Adobe Acrobat file of the entire seminar series schedule click here. (pdf schedule coming soon!)