Aripiprazole Improved Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Asperger's Disorder.

Abstract

There are many comorbid disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in child and adolescent population. Although obsessive compulsive disorder and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) comorbidity has common in clinical practice, there are few reports about psychopharmacological treatment for obsessive compulsive symptoms in children with ASD in the literacy. We report a successful treatment case with aripiprazole in Asperger's Disorder with obsessive compulsive symptoms. The Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale was performed to assess symptom variety. This case report supports the effectiveness of aripiprazole in treatment of obsessive compulsive symptoms in Asperger's Disorder or ASDs. Aripiprazole may be beneficial to obsessive compulsive disorder comorbid autism spectrum disorders in child and adolescent age group.

• Authors: Gonca Celik, Aysegul Yolga Tahiroglu, Sunay Firat, Ayşe Avci
• Journal: Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology (Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci) Vol. 9 Issue 3 Pg. 134-6 (Dec 2011) ISSN: 1738-1088 [Print] Korea (South)
• PMID: 23429759 (Publication Type: Journal Article)