Anxiety in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  MacNeil, Bonnie M ^a   Lopes, Vicki A ^a   Minnes, Patricia M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; ASD; Assessment; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 56449091791     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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