Parent-mediated intervention versus no intervention for infants at high risk of autism: A parallel, single-blind, randomised trial

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-140

  Green, Jonathan ^a   Charman, Tony ^b   Pickles, Andrew ^b,c   Wan, Ming W ^a   Elsabbagh, Mayada ^d,e   Slonims, Vicky ^f   Taylor, Carol ^a   McNally, Janet ^a,g   Booth, Rhonda ^h   Gliga, Teodora ^d   Jones, Emily J H ^d   Harrop, Clare ^a,i   Bedford, Rachael ^b   Johnson, Mark H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT ATTENTIVENESS; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT MEDIATED INTERVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOWEL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84922789477     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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