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Asperger's Disorder (Medical Psychiatry Series)

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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.