Autism and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders: Assessment, Treatment, Services and Supports

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Autism and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders: Assessment, Treatment, Services and Supports

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Background. Autism as was first described as a psychiatric disorder of childhood by Leo Kanner (1943) and Hans Asperger (1944). What is now described as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders, first observable in early childhood, but now known to continue into adulthood. ASD affects an individual’s cognitive abilities in the domains of social-communication and flexibility of thinking, resulting in impairments in the ability to recognise and respond ...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Matthews, Martyn

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/6871

Related subjects

autism / comorbid psychiatric disorder / mental health / comorbidity / psychiatric disorders

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