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Adolescents and adults with FOXP1 syndrome show high rates of anxiety and externalizing behaviors but not psychiatric decompensation or skill loss

Published February 2025
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Reassuring findings: continued skill gains over time, no developmental regression, no neuropsychiatric decompensation.

Taken together, results are reassuring, with many families reporting their adolescent and adult children continued to gain skills over time, particularly related to increased independence in communication and personal care. There were no reports of developmental regression, neuropsychiatric decompensation or catatonia.

Published
Published February 2025
Authors

Tess Levy, Hailey Silver, Renee Soufer, Audrey Rouhandeh, Alexander Kolevzon, Joseph Buxbaum, Paige M. Siper