Clinical characteristics of high-functioning youth with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety

Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-157

  Ung, Danielle ^a,b   Wood, Jeffrey J ^c   Ehrenreich May, Jill ^d   Arnold, Elysse B ^b   Fujii, Cori ^c   Renno, Patricia ^c   Murphy, Tanya K ^b,e   Lewin, Adam B ^b,e   Mutch, P Jane ^b,e   Storch, Eric A ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84876129556     PISSN: 17582008     EISSN: 17582016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/npy.13.9     Document Type: Article

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