Screening for autism spectrum disorder in adult psychiatric outpatients in a clinic in Taiwan

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 284-288

  Chang, Hsueh Ling ^a   Juang, Yeong Yuh ^b   Wang, Wei Ti ^a   Huang, Ching I ^b   Chen, Ching Yen ^b   Hwang, Yu Shu ^a  

^a Chang Gung Children' Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult screening questionnaire; Autism spectrum disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038351016     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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