Lifetime Autism Spectrum Features in a Patient with a Psychotic Mixed Episode Who Attempted Suicide
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Lifetime Autism Spectrum Features in a Patient with a Psychotic Mixed Episode Who Attempted Suicide
We present a case report of a young man who attempted suicide during a mixed episode with psychotic symptoms. The patient's history revealed the lifetime presence of signs and features belonging to the autism spectrum realm that had been completely overlooked. We believe that this case is representative of an important and barely researched topic: what happens to children with nondiagnosed and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Psychiatry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-682X,2090-6838
DOI: 10.1155/2014/459524