Naltrexone in Autistic Children: Behavioral Symptoms and Attentional Learning
Autor: | Lowell T. Anderson, Phillip Adams, N. González, Arthur M. Small, Montique Ernst, Magda Campbell |
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Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Placebo Severity of Illness Index Naltrexone law.invention Discrimination Learning Randomized controlled trial law Rating scale Weight Loss Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Attention Discrimination learning Autistic Disorder Child Psychiatry Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Narcotic antagonist medicine.disease Developmental disorder Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome Child Preschool Autism Female Stereotyped Behavior Psychology Self-Injurious Behavior Clinical psychology medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 32:1283-1291 |
ISSN: | 0890-8567 |
Popis: | Objective To assess critically the short-term efficacy and safety of naltrexone in autistic children and its effects on discrimination learning in the laboratory. Method A parallel group design was employed. After a 2-week placebo baseline period, children were randomly assigned either to naltrexone or to placebo for a period of 3 weeks followed by a one-week posttreatment placebo period. Multiple raters and rating scales were employed in a variety of conditions. Forty-one children, all inpatients, ages 2.9 to 7.8 years, completed the study. Naltrexone reduced hyperactivity and had no effect on discrimination learning in the laboratory. There was a suggestion that it had a beneficial effect on decreasing self-injurious behavior. Untoward effects were mild and transient. Conclusion In the present study, naltrexone significantly reduced only hyperactivity, and no serious untoward effects were observed. The effectiveness of naltrexone in the treatment of autism and self-injurious behavior requires additional assessment in a sample of children with moderate to severe self-injurious behavior. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1993, 32, 6:1283–1291. |
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