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The effective treatment of severe repetitive behaviour with fluvoxamine in a 20 year old autistic female
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1995
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NeuropsychologyPsychotropic MedicationRepetitive SymptomsPsychopharmacologyEffective TreatmentSocial SciencesSelective SerotoninAutismBehavioral IssuePsychiatryNeuropharmacologyBehavior TherapySevere Repetitive BehaviourRepetitive BehaviourCompulsive BehaviorNeuroscienceBiological PsychiatryStereotypic Movement DisorderMedicinePsychopathology
The case of a 20 year old autistic woman with disabling repetitive behaviour that responded dramatically to treatment with fluvoxamine is reported. The connection between repetitive symptoms in autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder is considered, and the need for further evaluation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in autism is discussed.