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Question on Autism & Benzodiazapenes

Martha J. Cichelli mcicheli at astro.ocis.temple.edu
Wed Dec 11 15:26:21 EST 1996


Jared Blackburn (blackjar at planetc.com) wrote:
: I been told that Anit-Psychotic and Anti-Depressants have been given to 
: Autisc people wiht listtle affect -- I'm really not surprized.  But given the 
: common neural over arousal and the effacy of benzodiazapenes in treating 
: various catatonic state (which have many features simmilar to those found in 
: severly autistic individuals), have they ever been tried with autism?  If 
: so, was it helpful?  Is there any reason to suspect that it would not work?  
: I'm not suggesting this as a means of control, but of releif.  (In the case 
: of high-fuctioning individuals, voluntary only.)

: Jared.


While gathering info for a paper about an entirely different aspect of autism, I came across a reference that might interest you.

     Garreau, B., Herry, D., et al
     Theoretical aspects of the study of benzodiazepine receptors in
       infantile autism.
     Acta Paedopsychiatrica.  56(2): 133-8, 1993

It's a review article citing 57 references.  (I have not read it, however.)

Martha Cichelli
Temple University
Neurobehavior Lab 



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