A case-control study of personality style and psychopathology in parents of subjects with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Bölte, Sven ^a,c   Knecht, Susan ^b   Poustka, Fritz ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Kindes und Jugendalters   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Genetics; Mental Retardation; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Phenotype; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847199780     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0165-3     Document Type: Article

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