Psychopathology in adults with autism and intellectual disability

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1123-1129

  Tsakanikos, Elias ^a   Costello, Helen ^a   Holt, Geraldine ^a   Bouras, Nick ^a,b   Sturmey, Peter ^c   Newton, Tim ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Intellectual disability; Psychiatric co morbidity

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845886920     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0149-3     Document Type: Article

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