Future Directions in Medication Treatments for ASD

• By: Evdokia Anagnostou, MD Bloorview Research Institute at University of Toronto Joel D. Bregman, MD Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri Latha V. Soorya, PhD, BCBA Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• January 1st, 2012
• glutamate signaling system, molecular genetics, neuroinflammation, neuroscience, oxytocin, research
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There has been enormous growth over the past 10-15 years in research attempting to identify effective medications for children and youth with ASD. A few classes of medications have been shown to be effective for treating specific symptoms associated with autism. There is accumulating data to...

Medications for ASD and the Future of Psychopharmacology of Autism

• By: Evdokia Anagnostou, MD Bloorview Research Institute at University of Toronto
• January 1st, 2010
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The first fact we need to acknowledge when we talk about medications for autism, is that that there are no pharmacologic treatments that actually treat autism. There is no data to date to suggest that any medications actually teach skills or change the developmental course of the disorder. As such,...