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Depression in Autistic Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Ghaziuddin  and
L. Tsai
M. Ghaziuddin*
Affiliation:
Taubman Center-Box 0390, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0390, USA
L. Tsai
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital and Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Depressive illness in a patient with Down's syndrome and autism responded to fluoxetine. The importance of diagnosing superimposed depression in people with developmental disorders is emphasised.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 5 , November 1991 , pp. 721 - 723
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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