aggressionautismirritabilitychallenging behaviorDespite the use of behavioral interventions and psychotropic medications, many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who engage in severe aggression remain refractory to conventional treatment. Propranolol, a beta-blocker, has accumulated much anecdotal ...
The patient is an 11-year-old nonverbal, white male with prior psychiatric diagnoses of autism, severe mental retardation, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. He was admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit due to an increase in aggression and self-injurious behavior, rendering the ...
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Minimally effective doses of conventional antipsychotic medications used to treat aggression, self-injurious and destructive behaviors in mentally retarded... Retrospective review of records from 1990 to 1997 revealed unsuccessful attempts to withdraw antipsychotic medications from a total of 34 intellectually...
AutismIntellectual disabilityAggressionSelf-injuryBehavioral interventionApplied behavior analysisOutcome researchChildrenSevere problem behaviors such as aggression, self-injury, and property destruction can result in injury, and require specialized and expensive treatment. This article reviews outcome research ...
THE TERM SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS refers to “disorders with psychotic symptoms, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, manic-depressive disorder, and autism, as well as severe forms of other disorders, such as major depression, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder” (National Adv...
This study assessed the impact of choice making on the serious problem behaviors of 3 students with severe autism and/or mental retardation. In the context of within-subject reversal designs, the results showed consistently reduced levels of problem behaviors (e.g., aggression) when the students ...
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Abnormal dreams, aggression, anger, anorgasmia, apathy, bruxism, completed suicide, confusional state, delirium, depression, hallucination, hallucination auditory, homicidal ideation, hostility, hypersexuality, intentional self-injury, libido increased, loss of libido, mania, ne...
Fifty-four families who met the criteria of (a) having a child with a developmental disability, (b) whose child displayed serious challenging behavior (e.g., aggression, self-injury, tantrums), and (c) who scored high on a measure of parental pessimism were randomly assigned to either PBS...
Frequency not reported: Aggression, delayed orgasm, increased dreaming, intense dreams, nightmares, other sleep disorders, self-harm, sleep disturbances, suicidal behaviors, vivid dreams, withdrawal symptoms Postmarketing reports: Catatonia, confusional state, panic, paranoia, psychotic disorder[Ref]Dermatol...