Antidepressants Not Recommended for Autism
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can’t be recommended for treating autism in children or adults at this point, according to a Cochrane review.
The antidepressants have shown emerging evidence of harm without any benefit in pediatric cases, reported Katrina Williams, PhD, of the University of New South Wales and Sydney Children’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues in the Cochrane Library.
In adult cases, two small studies have shown improvements in overall symptoms and obsessive-compulsive behavior along with aggression in one and anxiety in the other.
However, this limited evidence in adults is not yet sufficiently robust for clinicians to rely on, Williams’ group cautioned.
via Medical News: Antidepressants Not Recommended for Autism – in Pediatrics, Autism from MedPage Today.
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Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.