Journal article
Increase in Psychoactive Drug Prescriptions in the Years Following Autism Spectrum Diagnosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Psychoactive medications are commonly prescribed to autistic individuals, but little is known about how their use changes after diagnosis.
OBJECTIVES: This study describes the use of psychoactive drugs in children and young adults newly diagnosed with autism spectrum, between the year before and up to 5 years after diagnosis.
Authors
Croteau C; Mottron L; Presse N; Tarride J-E; Dorais M; Perreault S
Journal
Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. e19–e32
Publisher
Codon Publications
DOI
10.22374/1710-6222.24.3.2
ISSN
1710-6222