Music in diagnostics: using musical interactional settings for diagnosing autism in adults with intellectual developmental disabilities

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 319-351

  Bergmann, Thomas ^a   Sappok, Tanja ^a   Diefenbacher, Albert ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^b,c  

^a Königin Elisabeth Herzberge Hospital   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adults; assessment; autism spectrum disorder; diagnostics; intellectual disability; music therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933055109     PISSN: 08098131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2015.1039567     Document Type: Article

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