A Family History Study of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Adult Siblings of Autistic Individuals

JOSEPH PIVEN, JEANNE GAYLE, GARY A. CHASE, BARBIE FINK, REBECCA LANDA, MARYANN M. WZOREK, SUSAN E. FOLSTEIN

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Abstract

The family history method was used to obtain developmental, social, and psychiatric histories on the 67 adult siblings of 37 autistic probands. Two of 67 siblings (3.0%) were autistic, three siblings (4.4%) had severe social dysfunction and isolation, 10 (15%) had cognitive disorders, and 10 (15%) had received treatment for affective disorder. This study is the first to investigate the frequency of disorders in the adult siblings of autistic probands. These results suggest aggregation of a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders in the siblings of autistic individuals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)177-183
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume29
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

Keywords

  • affective disorder
  • autism
  • cognitive disorder
  • genetics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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