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A symptom-based approach to treatment of psychosis in autism spectrum disorder

The optimal management of autism with psychosis remains unclear. This report describes a 22-year-old man with autism and psychosis who was referred to a tertiary-level specialist psychosis service, following a 6-year history of deterioration in mental health starting around the time of sitting GCSE...

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Autores principales: Bell, Victoria, Dunne, Henry, Zacharia, Tharun, Brooker, Katrina, Shergill, Sukhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29388910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.2
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author Bell, Victoria
Dunne, Henry
Zacharia, Tharun
Brooker, Katrina
Shergill, Sukhi
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description The optimal management of autism with psychosis remains unclear. This report describes a 22-year-old man with autism and psychosis who was referred to a tertiary-level specialist psychosis service, following a 6-year history of deterioration in mental health starting around the time of sitting GCSE examinations and an episode of bullying at school. We describe the individualised symptom-based approach that was effective in his treatment. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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spelling pubmed-60202572018-06-29 A symptom-based approach to treatment of psychosis in autism spectrum disorder Bell, Victoria Dunne, Henry Zacharia, Tharun Brooker, Katrina Shergill, Sukhi BJPsych Open Short Report The optimal management of autism with psychosis remains unclear. This report describes a 22-year-old man with autism and psychosis who was referred to a tertiary-level specialist psychosis service, following a 6-year history of deterioration in mental health starting around the time of sitting GCSE examinations and an episode of bullying at school. We describe the individualised symptom-based approach that was effective in his treatment. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Cambridge University Press 2018-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6020257/ /pubmed/29388910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.2 Text en © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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