Psychiatric Symptoms and Comorbidities in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Luigi Mazzone MD Ph.D., is the author of several book chapters and numerous research papers published in leading peer-reviewed psychiatric journals. He is actually working as a Clinical Researcher at the Division of Child Psychiatry at Bambino Gesù Hospital in Vatican, Rome, Italy.Benedetto Vitiello is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and treatment research. He has been part of many publicly funded clinical trials testing the effects of interventions in children and adolescents, such as the Multimodal Treatment of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA), the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS), the Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) network studies, the Preschoolers with ADHD Treatment Study (PATS), and the Treatment of Early Onset Schizophrenia Study (TEOSS). He is adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He works at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, as the chief of the Treatment and Preventive Interventions Research Branch.

Introduction: Psychiatric comorbidities in autism: diagnostic and treatment challenges.- Mood Disorders in ASD.- Anxiety Disorders and ASD.- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and ASD.- Schizophrenia spectrum, other psychotic disorders and ASD.- Feeding and Eating disorders in ASD.- Disruptive Behavioural Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in ASD.- Tourette's Disorder and tic disorder in ASD.- Substance-related disorders and ASD.

"This is a concise clinical reference on the state of the art of diagnosing and treating comorbidities in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ... The audience is clinicians, specifically those who would be diagnosing and treating people with ASD. ... helpful to psychiatrists and nurse practitioners who would be overseeing the treatment of individuals with ASD, therapists who are tasked with choosing nonpharmacological treatments for these individuals, and anyone involved in doing diagnostic assessments for patients with ASD." (Birju Patel, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2016)