Autism in flux: A history of the concept from Leo Kanner to DSM-5

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 442-458

  Verhoeff, Berend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; concept; history; positivism; variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888034703     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: 17402360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X13500584     Document Type: Article

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