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Autism Study Advocates Parental Training
, 11 23rd, 2009
Parents of autistic children have long suspected that medication alone couldn’t provide a solution to their woes. As of today, the National Institute of Mental Health has released results of a study backing up those suspicions. According to the study, autistic children’s behavioral problems can be tempered considerably by adding a parental training program to the usual regimen of pharmaceuticals.
For about seven years now, there has been some concern from parents about the adverse effects of antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The medication has been shown to be effective at calming autistic children and helping them to control tantrums, but it has also been linked to increased appetite and serious weight gain. The study pit a group of children prescribed with Risperdal alone against a group of children taking the antipsychotic and also being given carefully managed behavioral guidance by their parents. The second group showed the greatest signs of improvement over a six-month period.
Other autism research has found that if the disorder is diagnosed early in a child’s life, it’s in a parent’s best interest to seek out alternative treatment options. These might include chelation therapy, wherein dangerous mercury particles are sought out and removed from the child’s system. That technique has been proven effective for children who develop autism due to exposure to the mercury-based vaccination preservative Thimerosal.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 4:08 am
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There had been so many autism research going on and I’m really glad that I have access to them. They have helped me understand what the disease is all about, what treatments are available and other useful information. I’m a better mother now beca…
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:08 am
Autism Study Advocates Parental Training | Help With Autism…
There had been so many autism research going on and I’m really glad that I have access to them. They have helped me understand what the disease is all about, what treatments are available and other useful information. I’m a better mother now beca…
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:16 am
Autism Study Advocates Parental Training | Help With Autism…
There had been so many autism research going on and I’m really glad that I have access to them. They have helped me understand what the disease is all about, what treatments are available and other useful information. I’m a better mother now beca…
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:16 am
Autism Study Advocates Parental Training | Help With Autism…
There had been so many autism research going on and I’m really glad that I have access to them. They have helped me understand what the disease is all about, what treatments are available and other useful information. I’m a better mother now beca…
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:17 am
Autism Study Advocates Parental Training | Help With Autism…
There had been so many autism research going on and I’m really glad that I have access to them. They have helped me understand what the disease is all about, what treatments are available and other useful information. I’m a better mother now beca…
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