Social use of language in children with reactive attachment disorder and autism spectrum disorders

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 267-276

  Sadiq, Fareeha Amber ^a   Slator, Louise ^b   Skuse, David ^b   Law, James ^c   Gillberg, Christopher ^a   Minnis, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Pragmatic language; Reactive attachment disorder; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILDREN COMMUNICATION CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RECIPROCAL SOCIAL INTERACTION SUBSCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; USE OF LANGUAGE AND OTHER SOCIAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS SUBSCALE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862856205     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0259-8     Document Type: Article

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