Recognition and treatment of Asperger syndrome in the community

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-62

  Tantam, Digby ^a,b   Girgis, Sobhi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger; Community; Detection; Diagnosis; Management; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; LITHIUM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ANGER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CATATONIA; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPRAXIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMPATHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OFFENDER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOTOS SYNDROME; STEREOTYPY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CRIME; GENETICS; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REMISSION; STANDARD;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRIME; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 70349759113     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldp006     Document Type: Review

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