Is Autism a Neurodevelopmental Disease Due to Chronic Inflammation of the Central Nervous System (Cns)?

Background: Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are still regarded and treated as psychiatric disorders. A lot of research evidence supports the inflammatory basis of ASDs implicating a new basis for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Methods: An extended recording of relative literature and new research findings.Results: The genetic background of ASDs is analyzed. The inflammatory molecular basis of autism is emphasized.Conclusions: Although autism is diagnosed based on psychiatric criteria and treated with mainly antipsychotic drugs, a multidisciplinary approach should be established taking into account new research findings, incorporating them to treatment.