Many children diagnosed with CHARGE syndrome demonstrate behavioral difficulties in addition to visual, hearing and other
systemic impairments. Previous research has reported that children with CHARGE have increased rates of self-injury and aggression,
as well as increased frequency of obsessive compulsive and autism spectrum disorders. This study asked parents to report not
only the diagnoses given for their child’s behavior problems, but also whether psychotropic medication interventions were
prescribed, and which agents were chosen. Results of this study showed that according to parental report, anxiety disorders
and pervasive developmental disorders were the most common psychiatric diagnoses assigned with antidepressant and antipsychotic
medications the most frequently prescribed psychopharmacological agents.
Keywords CHARGE syndrome - Deafblindness - Autism - Anxiety - Psychotropics