Psychiatric comorbidities in asperger syndrome and high functioning autism: diagnostic challenges

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mazzone, Luigi ^a   Ruta, Liliana ^b   Reale, Laura ^c  

^a Children's Research Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asperger; Comorbidities; Diagnostic challenges; High functioning autism

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DSM-IV; DSM-IV-TR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PARANOIA; PHENOTYPE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN REVISED; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY FOR CHILDREN; SYMPTOM; TIC; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 84862589813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-11-16     Document Type: Review

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