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Use of Medications for Autistic Individuals: A Discussion with Dr. Josh Feder
Use of Medications for Autistic Individuals: A Discussion with Dr. Josh Feder
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Nov 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Medications are often prescribed for autistic individuals for a number of conditions co-occurring with autism. Dr. Josh Feder, a child and family psychiatrist, author and researcher, discusses his background leading to a specialization on appropriate use of medications. He discusses his emphasis on seeing medications only as part of more comprehensive plans for supporting autistic and neurodivergent individuals, and not as isolated treatments.
Released:
Nov 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Harmful Myth of High-Functioning and Low-Functioning Autism; An Autism Fathers’ Group; Guest Dr. Robert Naseef: Re-thinking the commonly used language that has proven detrimental to understanding the autistic person. by Uniquely Human: The Podcast