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Subject(s)

• Autism—Popular works [Browse]

Series

Biographies of disease. [More in this series]

Summary note

Offers a comprehensive overview of autism spectrum disorders, discussing the latest research, possible causes, social, political, and medical debates surrounding its diagnosis, treatment, and origins, and other related topics.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-238) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Autism, AS, and the evolution of the concept of the ASDs
• Screening for ASDs : past, present, and future
• Diagnostic evaluation for ASDs part 1 : getting started
• Diagnostic evaluation for ASDs part 2 : appropriate use of the DSM-IV-TR criteria for Autistic Spectrum Disorders and supplemental tests used in the diagnostic process
• What can statistics tell us about ASDs?
• What causes autism? Part 1 : basic science
• What causes autism? Part 2 : controversial theories and new ways of thinking about ASDs
• Conventional early childhood and educational interventions for ASDs
• CAM approaches to treatment : "biomedical" interventions
• Outcome.

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ISBN

• 9780313347634 (alk. paper)
• 0313347638 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008028537

OCLC

232786764

RCP

H - S

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