Asperger's Disorder (Medical Psychiatry Series) [Hardcover]

Jeffrey L. Rausch (Editor), Maria E. Johnson (Editor), Manuel F. Casanova (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0849383609 | ISBN-13: 978-0849383601 | Edition: 1

At least seven million children and adolescents are afflicted with developmental, behavioral, or mental disorders. Asperger's Disorder, which can persist from adolescence into adult hood, finds children dealing with psychiatric disorders such as depression, attention deficit disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. This reference examines the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of Asperger's Disorder from diagnosis in adolescence through the transition to adulthood.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I think there is a clear need for this book as there is increasing recognition of the autistic spectrum as distinct from simply hard core autism, and also either a distinct rise in either the prevalence or recognition of these disorders or both, plus a recognition of the great burden on school systems, families and teachers as they attempt to cope with what are life long disabilities in the absence of any clear cut biological treatments. The book looks well organized and comprehensive.
- John O'Reardon, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Director of Treatment Resistant Depression Clinic, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

About the Author

JEFFREY L. RAUSCH is Professor and Case Distinguished Chair in Psychiatry and Health Behavior, The Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA. He received his M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA. Dr. Rausch is also a member of over 15 professional organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, Society of Biological Psychiatry, and Psychiatric Research Society, of which he served as President in 2003. He has been named one of the Best Doctors in America from 1994 through 2008, and has been awarded both the Humanitarian Award and the creativity award from the Medical College of Georgia as well as the Distinguished Fellow award from the American Psychiatric Association. In 2005, he was named one of the top One Hundred Health Professionals. Dr. Rausch’s specialty areas include psychiatric genetics, neuroendocrinology, molecular neuroscience, and clinical psychopharmacology.

MARIA E. JOHNSON is Medicine-Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison at Gracewood Hospital for the Developmentally Disabled, Augusta, Georgia, USA. She obtained her M.D., completed training and psychopharmacology fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA. Dr. Johnson is a young investigator in the areas of Asperger’s Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders, intellectual disability, and depression.

MANUEL F. CASANOVA is Professor of Psychiatry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Dr. Casanova received his M.D. from the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Having helped establish two of the most successful brain banks in the US, The Johns Hopkins Brain Resource Center and the Brain Bank Unit of the Clinical Brains Disorders Branch at the National Institutes of Mental Health, Dr. Casanova was bestowed honorary appointments as a scientific expert for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and professorial lecturer for the Department of Forensic Science at George Washington University. He is well published in a multitude of areas, including neuronal morphometry immunocytochemistry, neurochemistry, and autoradiography.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 1 edition (July 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849383609
• ISBN-13: 978-0849383601
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,751,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars borrow it!, May 21, 2010

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Georgina (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asperger's Disorder (Medical Psychiatry Series) (Hardcover)

Well, not surprisingly at this price I am the first reviewer. The book was lent to me by a psychiatrist who had it on loan from a library. This is the only medical textbook on Aspergers, written for psychiatrists but it is packed full of stuff that is not covered anywhere else. Particularly the sections on neuropathology and etiology. It got a very positive review in the NEw England Journal of Medicine in 2009 which it deserved.

They should publish this in paperback and market it for the public - it is a much more interesting read than any of the popular texts. You get the whole translation of Asperger's seminal paper on Fritz V (translated and commentated on by Uta Frith). The editor/ author has an interesting slant on overlap with schitzophrenia's negative symptoms and schitzoid personality that is not discussed by any mainstream psychologists. There is a fantastic chapter on concomitant morbidities by Gillberg. In fact the worst chapter is the first - Michael Fitzgerald cites himself an awful lot considering the title is history and first descriptions. He must be hoping to be part of the history section..... There is a very interesting review of all medication used in ASD - there are so few studies that they had to include autism and AS and the numbers are very small but this is compulsory reading if you are thinking of medication for a child on the spectrum.

I would have liked to have read more on treatment of overlapping OCD - how to adapt CBT for an Asperger way of thinking etc. There is a tiny section on education and the problems thereof - basically saying that you need an exceptional teacher to deal with AS in mainstream. No arguments from parents there.

Now I want to know who the final author (with AS) - John Smith Boswell is.

Borrow it or get your library to buy it.