Beyond childhood: Psychiatric comorbidities and social background of adults with Asperger syndrome

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-59

  Roy, Mandy ^a   Prox Vagedes, Vanessa ^a   Ohlmeier, Martin D ^b   Dillo, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Ludwig Noll Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Asperger syndrome; Autism; Background; Comorbidity; Social

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DYSTHYMIA; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OCCUPATION; PANIC; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY HEALTH; GERMANY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84924241093     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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