Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 Diagnosis and definition of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders
- 2 Epidemiological surveys of pervasive developmental disorders
- 3 Psychological factors in autism
- 4 Communication and its development in autism spectrum disorders
- 5 Genetic epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders
- 6 The neurobiology of autism
- 7 Psychopharmacology
- 8 Behavioral and educational approaches to the pervasive developmental disorders
- 9 The outcome in adult life for people with ASD
- 10 Autism, social neuroscience, and endophenotypes
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 Diagnosis and definition of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders
- 2 Epidemiological surveys of pervasive developmental disorders
- 3 Psychological factors in autism
- 4 Communication and its development in autism spectrum disorders
- 5 Genetic epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders
- 6 The neurobiology of autism
- 7 Psychopharmacology
- 8 Behavioral and educational approaches to the pervasive developmental disorders
- 9 The outcome in adult life for people with ASD
- 10 Autism, social neuroscience, and endophenotypes
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007