An update on anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 83-90

  Vasa, Roma A ^a   Mazurek, Micah O ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; autism spectrum disorders; children

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; FLUVOXAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 84922397817     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000133     Document Type: Review

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