Higher-Functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Rates and Patterns of Psychotropic Drug Use
MARTIN A, SCAHILL L, KLIN A, VOLKMAR F. Higher-Functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Rates and Patterns of Psychotropic Drug Use. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 1999, 38: 923-931. PMID: 10405512, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199907000-00024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotropic drug useHigher-functioning pervasive developmental disordersPervasive developmental disorderTarget symptomsDrug useMedication use patternsPsychotropic medication useDevelopmental disordersMedication history informationMore medicationsMedication useClinical presentationPsychiatric comorbidityClinical variablesPsychotropic agentsDrug classesClinical heterogeneityDisordersSymptomsSubjectsAsperger's disorderFull Scale IQComorbiditiesMedicationsAntidepressants