Psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders: Prevalence, comorbidity, and associated factors in a population-derived sample

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 921-929

  Simonoff, Emily ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^b   Charman, Tony ^c   Chandler, Susie ^c   Loucas, Tom ^e   Baird, Gillian ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Child psychiatric disorders; Prevalence; Special needs and autism project

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENURESIS; EPILEPSY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIC; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 56549097085     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318179964f     Document Type: Article

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