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Autism : Drugs

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No single medication has yet proved highly effective for the major features of autism. However, a variety of drugs can control self-injurious, aggressive, and other of the more difficult behaviors.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Although no one drug is helpful to children with autistic disorders, several medications are currently used, along with education, to reduce severe temper tantrums and destructive aggression, self-injurious behaviors, hyperactivity, and strange, r...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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