Quantitative autistic traits ascertained in a national survey of 22 529 Japanese schoolchildren

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Kamio, Y ^a   Inada, N ^a   Moriwaki, A ^a   Kuroda, M ^a,b   Koyama, T ^a   Tsujii, H ^a   Kawakubo, Y ^b   Kuwabara, H ^b   Tsuchiya, K J ^c   Uno, Y ^d   Constantino, J N ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Classification; Diagnosis; Prevalence; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PATIENT; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878948383     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12034     Document Type: Article

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