Presenting examples which highlight the efficacy of the dimensional approach in autism spectrum research, this reference analyzes the three core symptom domains: social, communication, and repetitive/compulsive behavior, to determine the neurobiology, pathophysiology and treatment of specific autistic components and improve assessment and intervention regimens for a wide range of pervasive developmental disorders.
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The treatment of autism and related conditions,
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This book contains authoritative chapters on the contemporary treatment of autism spectrum disorders. The approach is comprehensive and critical. The book is appropriate for skilled high school students and more advanced readers. The references are thorough and complete.
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Leo Kanner's (1) classic description of "autistic disturbances of affective contact," or early infantile autism, suggested that autism was an inborn, congenital disorder in which a child comes into the world lacking the usual motivation for social interaction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
core symptom domains, repetitive behavior domain, body stereotypy, individual processing differences, people with autism spectrum disorders, facial stereotypy, functional developmental capacities, other mentally retarded children, functional developmental level, brain autoantibodies, human autism, individuals with autism spectrum disorders, functional developmental approach, sumatriptan challenge, adolescents with autism, autistic subjects, autistic disorder, nonautistic children, autistic probands, oxytocin system, autism cases, autism phenotype, autistic patients, plasma oxytocin levels, other pervasive developmental disorders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Autism Dev Disord, New York, Arch Gen Psychiatry, Med Genet, Hum Genet, Ment Retard, Biol Psychiatry, Dev Med Child Neurol, United States, Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, Clin Psychopharmacol, Res Dev Disabil, Ann Neurol, Psychopharmacol Bull, Ment Defic, Hum Mol Genet, American Psychiatric Association, Appl Behav Anal, Autism Dcv Disord, American Psychiatric Publishing, Autism Child Schizophr, Behav Modif, Merit Retard, Position Nearest, Psychol Rep New!
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Leo Kanner's (1) classic description of "autistic disturbances of affective contact," or early infantile autism, suggested that autism was an inborn, congenital disorder in which a child comes into the world lacking the usual motivation for social interaction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
core symptom domains, repetitive behavior domain, body stereotypy, individual processing differences, people with autism spectrum disorders, facial stereotypy, functional developmental capacities, other mentally retarded children, functional developmental level, brain autoantibodies, human autism, individuals with autism spectrum disorders, functional developmental approach, sumatriptan challenge, adolescents with autism, autistic subjects, autistic disorder, nonautistic children, autistic probands, oxytocin system, autism cases, autism phenotype, autistic patients, plasma oxytocin levels, other pervasive developmental disorders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Autism Dev Disord, New York, Arch Gen Psychiatry, Med Genet, Hum Genet, Ment Retard, Biol Psychiatry, Dev Med Child Neurol, United States, Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, Clin Psychopharmacol, Res Dev Disabil, Ann Neurol, Psychopharmacol Bull, Ment Defic, Hum Mol Genet, American Psychiatric Association, Appl Behav Anal, Autism Dcv Disord, American Psychiatric Publishing, Autism Child Schizophr, Behav Modif, Merit Retard, Position Nearest, Psychol Rep New!
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- Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) by Fred R. Volkmar on 12 pages
- Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders by Donald J. Cohen on 12 pages
- Autistic Syndromes by Mary Coleman on 6 pages
- The Neurobiology of Autism (The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience) by Margaret L. Bauman on 5 pages
- The Biology of the Autistic Syndromes (Clinics in Developmental Medicine) by Christopher Gillberg on 4 pages
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