Marriage and family therapists' ability to diagnose asperger's syndrome: A vignette study

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 25-37

  Carlson, Thomas Stone ^a   McGeorge, Christi R ^a   Halvorson, Sarah ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's Syndrome; Diagnosing; Family therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249910051     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-007-9026-2     Document Type: Article

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