Risperidone in a very young child with PDD.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,  August, 2005  by Bober, Daniel; Sabzwari, Usama; Star, Jodi E.

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To the Editor:

Few data exist on the use of atypical antipsychotic medications in the treatment of aggression in toddlers. A literature search revealed that most data on the use of risperidone in young children were limited to children between the ages of 3.5 and 5 years of age (Cesena et al., 2002; Masi et al., 2001; Nicolson et al., 1998). The following is a case example in which the use of risperidone resulted in significant improvement in the developmentally delayed toddler with severe aggression.

This is the case of A.C., a 2-year, 9-month-old Filipino-American girl, ...

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