Authors: Ashy C Rengit James W McKowen Julie O’Brien Yamini J Howe Christopher J McDougle
Publish Date: 2016/03/05
Volume: 46, Issue: 7, Pages: 2514-2519
Abstract
There is limited literature available on the comorbidity between autism spectrum disorder ASD and substance use disorder SUD This paper reviews existing literature and exemplifies the challenges of treating this population with a case report of an adult male with ASD and DSM5 alcohol use disorder This review and case study seeks to illustrate risk factors which predispose individuals with ASD to developing SUD and discuss the obstacles to and modifications of evidencebased treatments for SUD A review of the therapeutic interventions implemented in the treatment of this young male are described to highlight potential recommendations for the general management of SUD in those with ASDAR made substantial contributions to the conceptualization and design acquisition of data and drafting of the manuscript JM made substantial contributions to analysis and interpretation of the data and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content JO made substantial contributions to the acquisition of data and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content YH made substantial contributions to the analysis and interpretation of the data and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content CM made substantial contributions to the conceptualization and design acquisition of data drafting of the manuscript and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content Each author gave final approval of the version of the manuscript to be published
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