Helping families for caring children with autistic spectrum disorders

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 478-482

  Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a   Alishahi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Ashkani, Hamid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic spectrum disorders; Children

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEEDING DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL STRESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIBLING; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIBLINGS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 70350369766     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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