Autism and developmental receptive language disorder - A follow-up comparison in early adult life. II: Social, behavioural, and psychiatric outcomes

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 561-578

  Howlin, Patricia ^a   Mawhood, Lynn ^a   Rutter, Michael ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Autistic disorder; Follow up studies; Intelligence; Language; Language disorder; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033912438     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099005806     Document Type: Article

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