%A Elias Tsakanikos
%J Journal of  Autism and Developmental  Disorders  
%T Behaviour Management Problems as Predictors of Psychotropic  Medication and Use of Psychiatric Services in Adults with  Autism 
%X We examined behaviour management  problems as predictors of psychotropic medication, use of psychiatric consultation and in-patient admission in a group of 66 adults with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) and intellectual disability (ID) and 99  controls matched in age, gender and level of ID.  Overall, people with PDD had higher rates of most  DAS behaviour problems and more frequent use of  anti-psychotics than matched controls. Logistic regression analyses showed that physical aggression  and problems such as pestering staff independently  predicted use of anti-psychotics. Physical aggression  and overactivity predicted further involvement of 
psychiatric services. PDD diagnosis predicted admission to an in-patient unit. The results suggest that  externalizing problem behaviours in adults with autism can predict type of treatment intervention. 




%D 2007
%L cogprints6268

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