Diagnosing childhood autism in clinical practice. An inter-rater reliability study of ICD-10, DSM-III-R, childhood autism rating scale, and autism behavior checklist

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-9

  Sponheim, Eili ^a   Spurkland, Ingrid ^a  

^a Natl Ctr Child and Adol Psychiat   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism Behavior Checklist; Childhood Autism Rating Scale; DSM III R; ICD 10; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030043181     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039489609081381     Document Type: Article

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