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Optimum Treatment of Problem Behaviors
in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Andrew S. Levitas, M.D. & Anne DesNoyers Hurley, Ph.D.

Antipsychotic medications have a long history of use, overuse and misuse in persons with intellectual disability. This article reviews the history of the use of antipsychotic medical from the introduction of second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) in 1990.

Ment Health Aspects Dev Disabil 2007;10(1):31-35