Lack of Efficacy of Citalopram in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and High Levels of Repetitive Behavior

2009474 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Bryan H. King · University of Washington

Eric Hollander · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Linmarie Sikich · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

James T. McCracken · University of California, Los Angeles

Lawrence David Scahill · Yale University

Joel D. Bregman · Northwell Health

Craig L. Donnelly

Abstract

Results of this trial do not support the use of citalopram for the treatment of repetitive behavior in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00086645.

Topics & Keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of General Psychiatry

Volume 66, Issue 6, pp. 583-583

DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.30

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