Not to Be Overshadowed or Overlooked: Functional Impairments Associated With Comorbid Anxiety Disorders in Youth With ASD

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-39

  Kerns, Connor M ^a   Kendall, Philip C ^b   Zickgraf, Hana ^c   Franklin, Martin E ^c   Miller, Judith ^d   Herrington, John ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autism spectrum disorder; Diagnostic overshadowing; Functioning; Self injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER INTERVIEW SCHEDULE CHILD AND PARENT VERSIONS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT SCALE FOR CHILDREN SECOND EDITION PARENT SCALE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING STRESS INDEX; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS SCALE REVISED; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SKILLS RATING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS INDEX FOR PARENTS OF ADOLESCENTS; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84919648619     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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