Autism is a developmental disorder, neurological in nature, that affects a person's thinking, perception, attention, social skills, and behavior. Majority of researches and descriptions of autism are devoted to diagnosing children and the impact of autism on developmental goals (e.g., peer play, learning skills and family relationships). Although the symptoms of autism do not change during adulthood, the various manifestations of autism become less or more important as a result of changes in adult daily functioning. It is not always easy to understand exactly how such complex disorder affects the lives of adults. Although every person with autism has their own set of symptoms (and they can vary in severity), there are certain signs of autism that are considered the most typical for the disease. Autism in adults can be presented in different ways, depending on the form of the disease. In order for an adult with autism to adapt to the surrounding environment as best as possible, rehabilitation is necessary. The earlier the process begins, the greater the results can be achieved, so ideally it starts as soon as autism is diagnosed. The prognosis for each person with autism depends on how the disease manifests.
The importance of neurological diseases and mood disorders for human health and life, as well as for health care and society as a whole, cannot be overestimated. Nervous system pathologies such as stroke, neurodegenerative and demyelinating diseases, are one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world, and up to 60% of suicides are associated with depression. Antidepressants are used not only in psychiatric practice, but also in the practice of neurologists. Neurologists prescribe antidepressants to treat depression in neurological patients, chronic pain syndromes and neuropathic pain, panic attacks, eating disorders, premenstrual syndrome and for migraine prevention. The most difficult task for neurologists is to identify depressive disorders that often comorbid neurological diseases. The main property of antidepressants is the ability to increase depressed mood without increasing normal mood and without showing a stimulating effect. Antidepressants also have anti-anxiety, sedative, anti-phobic, anti-panic and somatic effects. When depression is detected in patients with neurological pathology, the prescription of antidepressants is justified not only from the psychiatric (relieving depression and reducing the risk of suicide), but also from the neurological point of view (reducing the risk of complications of neurological pathology and premature mortality from it).
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