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Risperidone doesn't affect core autistic traits, according to 10‐year longitudinal study
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30003
Subject(s) - irritability , risperidone , autism , aggression , aripiprazole , psychology , affect (linguistics) , autism spectrum disorder , psychiatry , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anxiety , communication
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have impairments in social communications and restricted repetitive behaviors as core symptoms. They also have a high incidence of irritability, aggression, and hyperactivity. While there is no medication approved for core symptoms of ASD, risperidone and aripiprazole have been approved for irritability and aggression associated with ASD.