Psychiatric and psychosocial problems in adults with normal-intelligence autism spectrum disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hofvander, Björn ^a   Delorme, Richard ^b,f   Chaste, Pauline ^b,f   Nydén, Agneta ^c   Wentz, Elisabet ^c,d   Ståhlberg, Ola ^c   Herbrecht, Evelyn ^b,e,f   Stopin, Astrid ^b   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^a,b,c   Gillberg, Christopher ^c   Råstam, Maria ^a   Leboyer, Marion ^b,e,f,g  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSERM U955   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^e HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^f FONDATION FONDAMENTAL   (France)

^g FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 67650290346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-35     Document Type: Article

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