Differential diagnosis and comorbidity: Distinguishing autism from other mental health issues

Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-243

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Williams, Lindsey W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DSM-IV-TR; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84876149509     PISSN: 17582008     EISSN: 17582016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/npy.13.1     Document Type: Review

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