title: Medical Therapy for Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors in a Teen With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
abstract: Teens with autism spectrum disorder often exhibit sexual behaviors in public that are disturbing to parents, teachers, and peers. Some have proposed that such behaviors can be curtailed with hormonal suppression. There is information on the Internet suggesting that such medications work, and some reports in the peer-reviewed medical literature support these claims. Such medications can have serious side effects. In this paper, we present a case in which parents requested such treatment of their teenage son with autism spectrum disorder.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio;
authors.forename: Loyal
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coshway
authors.affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospital-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri;
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Broussard
authors.affiliation: Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;
authors.forename: Kruti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.affiliation: Advocate Health Care System, Chicago, Illinois; and.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fried
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Msall
authors.affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospital-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; jlantos@cmh.edu.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lantos
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio;
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nahata
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000187:drug effects