ABA | alpha agonists | anticonvulsants | antidepressants | antipsychotics | applied behavior analysis | autism | drug therapy | pharmacotherapy | stimulants
Behavior therapy such as applied behavior analysis (ABA) may be a better choice than drug therapy for children with autism.
In this paper the author reviewed the use of drug therapy to treat autism and compared the use of medications to the use of other autism therapies. Doctors provide many different types of medications to people with autism: antidepressants, stimulants, antipsychotics, alpha agonists, and anticonvulsants. The author states that 50% of adults and children in with autism in the U.S. are prescribed one or more of these types of medications. Drug therapy may relieve some of the symptoms that come with autism, but often the drug therapies bring with them side effects. The author concludes that drug therapy may not be the best therapy choice for people with autism.
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