Psychosocial functioning of adults with late diagnosed autism spectrum disorders - A retrospective study;Das psychosoziale Funktionsniveau spätdiagnostizierter Patienten mit Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen - eine retrospektive Untersuchung im Erwachsenenalter

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Lehnhardt, F G ^a   Gawronski, A ^a   Volpert, K ^a   Schilbach, L ^a   Tepest, R ^a   Vogeley, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

adulthood; Asperger syndrome; diagnosis late in life; psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856237935     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: 14393522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281642     Document Type: Article

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