Clomipramine ameliorates adventitious movements and compulsions in prepubertal boys with autistic disorder and severe mental retardation.
In an open, nonblind clinical trial, clomipramine reduced adventitious movements and compulsions in five previously medicated prepubertal boys with autistic disorder and severe mental retardation. Poorly adapted rating scales, interrater variability, subject heterogeneity, different treatment histories, and environmental stresses confounded the assessment of treatment effects.
Department of Psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY.
J R
JR
Brasic
J Y
JY
Barnett
D
D
Kaplan
B B
BB
Sheitman
P
P
Aisemberg
R T
RT
Lafargue
S
S
Kowalik
A
A
Clark
M O
MO
Tsaltas
J G
JG
Young
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011627:Puberty; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002997:Clomipramine