Viewpoint: Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour in Autism - Towards an Autistic-Obsessive Compulsive Syndrome?
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
- Vol. 2 (4) , 193-197
- https://doi.org/10.3109/15622970109026809
Abstract
A portion of autistic patients exhibit compulsive-like behaviours. In addition it has been suggested that serotonin plays a major role in both obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and autistic disorder. Other neurohumors such as endogenous opioids and oxytocin have also been implicated in the two disorders. There is also some pharmacological overlap between the two disorders, as well as some similar neuroimaging studies. These similarities and overlaps have led us to propose a putative OCD-autistic disorder, which should be studied in greater detail.Keywords
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