Citation

Ratey JJ, Mikkelsen E, Sorgi P, Zuckerman HS, Polakoff S, Bemporad J, Bick P, Kadish W. J. Clin. Psychopharmacol. 1987; 7(1): 35-41.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2880874

Abstract

Eight consecutive cases of adults with the diagnosis of early infantile autism and who were treated with a betablocker are presented. Each had been on various and multiple drug, educational, and behavioral regimens to help control aggressive and self-abusive behavior. Most had been institutionalized from an early age, and a broad range of IQs and speech capacities are represented.

RESULTS show the betablockers to have a remarkable effect potentiating measurable diminution in previously intractable aggressive behavior and in many cases the decrease or withdrawal of their neuroleptic.

Language: en