Substance-use disorder in high-functioning autism: Clinical and neurocognitive insights from two case reports

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lalanne, Laurence ^a   Weiner, Luisa ^a   Trojak, Benoit ^b,c   Berna, Fabrice ^a   Bertschy, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive disabilities; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NALTREXONE; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DSM-IV; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOOD ADDICTION; GUILT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEA; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84935519856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0541-7     Document Type: Article

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