Missed diagnosis of autism in an Australian Indigenous psychiatric population

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-537

  Roy, Meera ^a   Balaratnasingam, Sivasankaran ^b  

^a South Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; developmental disability; indigenous population; Intellectual disability; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTISM; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78649818513     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2010.498048     Document Type: Article

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