Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Preschool and Elementary School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2283-2294

  Salazar, Fernando ^a   Baird, Gillian ^b   Chandler, Susie ^c   Tseng, Evelin ^d   O’sullivan, Tony ^e   Howlin, Patricia ^c   Pickles, Andrew ^c,f   Simonoff, Emily ^c,f  

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

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Bromley Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^e Lewisham Healthcare Children First Lewisham ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f King s College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Child behavior problems; Prevalence; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGHTMARE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84937973389     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2361-5     Document Type: Article

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