%0 Journal Article
%T Autism: the treatment of aggressive behaviors
%J Journal of clinical psychopharmacology
%D 1987
%A Ratey, J. J.
%A Mikkelsen, E.
%A Sorgi, P.
%A Zuckerman, H. S.
%A Polakoff, S.
%A Bemporad, J.
%A Bick, P.
%A Kadish, W.
%V 7
%N 1
%P 35-41
%X 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. <br><br>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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0271-0749
%U http://dx.doi.org/