Thumb-Sucking: References

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References

Citations

1. O'Neill P, et al. (2006). Otitis media in children (acute), search date January 2006. Online version of Clinical Evidence (15): 1–11.

2. Van Norman RA (2001). Why we can't afford to ignore prolonged digit sucking. Contemporary Pediatrics, 18(6): 61–81.

3. Christophersen ER, Mortweet SL (2001). Diagnosis and management of habit disorders. In Treatments That Work With Children, chap. 3, pp. 79–97. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Other Works Consulted

• American Academy of Pediatrics (accessed 6/20/06). Quitting thumb sucking and pacifiers. Available online: http://www.aap.org/pubed/ZZZBQKBWQ7C.htm?&sub_cat=1.

• Brazelton TB (2006). Touchpoints, Birth to Three: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.

• Christensen JR, et al. (2005). Oral habits. In JR Pinkham et al., eds., Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy Through Adolescence, 4th ed., pp. 431–439. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.

• Gabby T (2003). Compulsive behaviors: Habits to tics. In CD Rudolph et al., eds. Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st ed., pp. 459–463. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical.

• Gleason MM, et al. (2007). Habit and tic disorders. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 115–116. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Last updated:	September 12, 2008
Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH
Reviewed By:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics, Donald Sproule, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC