Therapeutic Profile of Cannabidiol in the Broad Symptomatology of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence From Basic Science to Clinical Approaches

• DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20230515-01
• Publication Date: 2023-06-09T16:26:36Z
• Authors: João Francisco Co...; Lucas Hassib; Frederico R. Ferr...
• Keywords: Depression

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders whose symptoms include impaired communication and social interaction, stereotypies, varying levels intellectual disability. Together with these are co-occurring psychiatric or neurological conditions, often hyperactivity attention disorders, anxiety, depression, epilepsy. So far, no effective treatment for ASD available, possibly because its neurobiological basis heterogeneous nature not clearly understood. Clinical preclinical trials support the involvement endocannabinoid system in patho-physiology ASD. Cannabidiol (CBD), main nonpsychotomimetic compound cannabis plant, interacts has significant therapeutic potential treating several manifestations After this article, readers expected to have broad understanding current scientific evidence perspectives on use CBD cases [ Psychiatr Ann . 2023;53(6):247–251.]