On Psychiatric Problems of the Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

In this paper I describe and remark upon a number of cases exhibiting typical symptoms of various adult psychiatric problems, including psycho-somatic disease, as well as the characteristics of the developmental disorders underlying them. Conditions capable of having an underlying developmental disorder were introduced as : (1) schizophrenia-like symptoms, (2) depression or depressive state, (3) bipolar disorder, BPⅡ, (4) psycho-somatic disease, (5) hypochondria, (6) obsessive-compulsive disorder, (7) eating disorder, and (8) borderline personality disorder. For each of these psychiatric conditions, there is a risk of exacerbation or prolongation if one focuses on only the surface symptoms, and support in which taking the underlying developmental disorder into account is not provided. When making a diagnosis, continuous attention must be paid to the patient’s growth history, and any deviation in symptoms from the typical clinical manifestation should be carefully considered.