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Please forgive my ignorance but is autism treated with medication?
by elliekelly 4y ago
Please forgive my ignorance but is autism treated with medication?
- lthornberry 4y agoNot directly, no. A range of meds are prescribed for specific manifestations of autism, such as aggression or self-injury, though none are broadly effective. If there’s an industry making money here, it’s ABA therapy, not pharma.
- stubish 4y agoCertainly the debilitating effects are treated with medication, for example the various anxieties that often manifest. I don't know if medication is being used to treat the underlying causes of particular autism cases.
- Flankk 4y agoThe seven most frequently prescribed classes of psychoactive drugs were antidepressants, stimulants, tranquilizers/antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, hypotensive agents, anxiolytic/sedative/hypnotics, and benzodiazepines. The data on other relevant diagnoses indicate that children and youth are frequently treated with medication under an autism-spectrum diagnosis, even though the target symptoms may be commonly associated with other mental disorders. Age data indicate that about 70% of children with autism-spectrum disorders age 8 yr and up receive some form of psychoactive medication in a given year. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cap.2006.17303 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cap.2006.17303