Effects of Risperidone and Parent Training on Adaptive Functioning in Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Serious Behavioral Problems

• Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 136 - 146
• Main Authors: Scahill, Lawrence, McDougle, Christopher J., Aman, Michael G., Johnson, Cynthia, Handen, Benjamin, Bearss, Karen, Dziura, James, Butter, Eric, Swiezy, Naomi G., Arnold, L. Eugene, Stigler, Kimberly A., Sukhodolsky, Denis D., Lecavalier, Luc, Pozdol, Stacie L., Nikolov, Roumen, Hollway, Jill A., Korzekwa, Patricia, Gavaletz, Allison, Kohn, Arlene E., Koenig, Kathleen, Grinnon, Stacie, Mulick, James A., Yu, Sunkyung, Vitiello, Benedetto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Maryland Heights, MO Elsevier Inc 01.02.2012; Elsevier; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological - drug effects; adaptive behavior; Adaptive behaviour; Adjustment (to Environment); Adolescent; Antipsychotic Agents - adverse effects; Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use; Asperger Syndrome - diagnosis; Asperger Syndrome - psychology; Asperger Syndrome - therapy; Autism; Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; Autistic Disorder - psychology; Autistic Disorder - therapy; Behavior Disorders; Behavior Modification; Behavior Rating Scales; Behavioural problems; Biological and medical sciences; Checklist; Child; Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis; Child Behavior Disorders - psychology; Child Behavior Disorders - therapy; Child clinical studies; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - diagnosis; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - psychology; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - therapy; Child psychology; Child, Preschool; Children; Combined Modality Therapy; Communication; Communication (Thought Transfer); Comparative Analysis; Cooperative Behavior; Developmental disabilities; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Therapy; Early Adolescents; Education; Effect Size; Female; Humans; Intelligence Quotient; Interaction; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Relationship; Male; Medical sciences; Mental health care; Neuropharmacology; Outcome Measures; Parent Education; parent training; Parenthood education; Parents; Parents & parenting; Pediatrics; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Psycholeptics: tranquillizer, neuroleptic; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Psychotropic drugs; risperidone; Risperidone - adverse effects; Risperidone - therapeutic use; Socialization; Standard Scores; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales; parent training; adaptive behavior; children; pervasive developmental disorders; risperidone; Human; Atypical antipsychotic; Parent training; Neuroleptic; Psychotropic; Dopamine antagonist; Serotonin antagonist; Developmental disorder; Serotonine receptor; Behavioral disorder; Pervasive developmental disorder; D2 Dopamine receptor; Treatment; Risperidone; Child; Benzisoxazole derivatives; Adaptive behavior

Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs) have social interaction deficits, delayed communication, and repetitive behaviors as well as impairments in adaptive functioning. Many children actually show a decline in adaptive skills compared with age mates over time. This 24-week, three-sit...