Many autistic children may suffer from a genetically linked depression that is treatable with antidepressants such as Prozac (fluoxetine). According to Robert DeLong, a pediatric neurologist at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., about two-thirds of youngsters with the most common form of infantile autism actually have a treatable, genetically linked, early-onset form of severe depression.

Children with autism appear to be prisoners of their own minds because they are unable to learn the language or social skills necessary to get along in the world. The ...

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