Antipsychotic Medication Paired with Intensive Behavioural Intervention: An Effective Aggression Reduction Strategy in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This online article provides a brief summary of a research study that examined the effectiveness of treating aggressive behavior in children and youth with autism using a combination of Intensive Behavioral Intervention and antipsychotic medications.

The Autism Spectrum Disorders Treatment and Care Research group, based out of York University, writes summaries of research studies on autism and developmental disabilities to inform parents, individuals with autism, practitioners, and the general public on recent findings about autism.


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Subjects: Mental HealthTherapies

Author: Roksana Khalid; Jonathan Lai

Additional Authors: Jonathan Lai

Publication Location: Ontario, Canada

Publisher: Chair in Autism Spectrum Disorders Treatment and Care Research

Publication Date: 2016

Format: Online Article

Age Range: All Ages (0-100)