Psychiatric comorbidity of adults with autism spectrum disorders

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-12

  Ghaziuddin, Mohammad ^a   Zafar, Saniya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Depression; Psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CATATONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 50249180277     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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