adjustment disorder | chlorpromazine | disruptive behavior disorder | epilepsy | haloperidol | mental retardation | PDD | pervasive developmental disorder | risperidone
Some children with autism have many different medical problems and it is important for the treating doctor to constantly be watching and changing the drugs and their dosages as symptoms change.
This is a case study of a 10 year old girl with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, epilepsy, profound mental retardation, Disruptive Behavior Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, and Adjustment Disorder. The authors describe how children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) can be hard to treat since children with PDD often have other medical conditions as well. Children with PDD and seizures, for example often need drug therapy to help the seizures and the behavior problems. There are two older drugs (chlorpromazine and haloperidol) in addition to risperidone that are sometimes given as a treatment to children with behavior problems. Drugs can sometimes work together and sometimes work against each other; therefore, the authors suggest that changes in drugs and drug dosage be made slowly.
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