Validating two survey methods for identifying cases of autism spectrum disorder among adults in the community

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 647-656

  Brugha, T S ^a   McManus, S ^b   Smith, J ^a   Scott, F J ^c   Meltzer, H ^a   Purdon, S ^b   Berney, T ^d   Tantam, D ^e   Robinson, J ^f   Radley, J ^g   Bankart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g St Andrews Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; autistic disorder; epidemiologic methods; instrumentation; validity and reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSENSUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856046270     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711001292     Document Type: Article

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