Case illustration of a boy with nonverbal learning disorder and Asperger's features: Neuropsychological and personality assessment

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-34

  Yalof, Jed ^a  

^a IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; SERTRALINE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; NONVERBAL LEARNING DISORDER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY TEST; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL;

EID: 33747881348     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8701_02     Document Type: Article

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