Daniela Braga Duarte Murta

Self-harm, Personified Inner States and Identity-related Distress in a Young Patient with Autistic Features: An Analytic Case Report

Giovanna Azevedo Rodrigues, Daniela Braga Duarte Murta, Luiz Costa & Marcelo Caixeta · Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2026

Background: Self-injury and suicidal thinking can co-occur with autistic characteristics, affective symptoms and difficulties identifying emotional states, but these phenomena require individual assessment rather than a unitary causal explanation. Case Presentation: A young femal...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrimps/2026/v15i4433

From Diagnosis by Accumulation to Diagnosis by Layers: Cognitive Psychiatry and Iatrogenic Risk in an Adolescent with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Report and Narrative Review

Giovanna Azevedo Rodrigues, Daniela Braga Duarte Murta, Luiz Costa & Marcelo Caixeta · Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2026

Background: Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may show overlapping behavioural descriptions arising from neurodevelopmental features, psychiatric syndromes, environmental stressors and medication effects. Objective: To illustrate a layered psychiatric formulation us...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrimps/2026/v15i4431