Multi-informant ratings of psychiatric symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorders: The importance of environmental context

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 856-864

  Kanne, Stephen M ^a   Abbacchi, Anna M ^b   Constantino, John N ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; CBCL; Parent; Pervasive developmental disorder; Prevalence; Teacher

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MISSOURI; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67349222951     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0694-7     Document Type: Article

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