Recognition, referral, diagnosis, and management of adults with autism: Summary of NICE guidance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7865, 2012, Pages

  Pilling, Stephen ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Megnin Viggars, Odette ^c   Lee, Rachael ^c   Taylor, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHELATING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN; SECRETIN;

ADULTHOOD; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARE AND CARING; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; EMPLOYABILITY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADULT; AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84866442895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4082     Document Type: Short Survey

References (14)

1. Brugha T, Cooper SA, McManus S, Purdon S, Smith J, Scott FJ, et al. Estimating the prevalence of autism spectrum conditions in adults: extending the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. NHS, Health and Social Care Information Centre, 2012.
2. Baron-Cohen S, Scott FJ, Allison C, Williams J, Bolton P, Matthews FE, et al. Autism spectrum prevalence: a school-based UK population study. Br J Psychiatry 2009;194:500-9.
3. Taylor I, Marrable T. Access to social care for adults with autistic spectrum conditions. Social Care Institute for Excellence, University of Sussex, 2011.
4. Brugha ST, McManus S, Bankart J, Scott F, Purdon S, Smith J, et al. Epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders in adults in the community in England. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2011;65:459-65.
5. Attwood T. Asperger's syndrome. Jessica Kingsley, 1997.
6. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Autism: recognition, referral and diagnosis of children and young people on the autism spectrum. (Clinical guideline 128.) 2011. http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG128.
7. Baird G, Simonoff E, Pickles A, Chandler S, Loucas T, Meldrum D, et al. Prevalence of disorders of the autism spectrum in a population cohort of children in South Thames: the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP). Lancet 2006;368:210-5. (Pubitemid 44037796)
8. Barnard J, Harvey V, Potter D, Prior A. Ignored or ineligible? The reality for adults with autism spectrum disorders. National Austistic Society, 2001.
9. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Autism: recognition, referral, diagnosis and management of adults on the autism spectrum. (Clinical guideline 142.) 2012. http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG142.
10. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Service user experience in adult mental health: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS mental health services. (Clinical guideline 136.) 2011. http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG136.
11. Allison C, Auyeung B, Baron-Cohen S. Towards brief "red flags" for autism screening: the short Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Short Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers in 1,000 cases and 3,000 controls. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2012;51:202-12.
12. Punshon C, Skirrow P, Murphy, G. The "not guilty verdict": psychological reactions to a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome in adulthood. Autism 2009;13:265-83.
13. Nylander L, Gillberg C. Screening for autism spectrum disorders in adult psychiatric out-patients: a preliminary report. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2001;103:428-34. (Pubitemid 32473034)
14. Esbensen AJ, Greenberg JS, Seltzer MM, Aman MG. A longitudinal investigation of psychotropic and non-psychotropic medication use among adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord 2009;39:1339-49.