European clinical network: autism spectrum disorder assessments and patient characterisation

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 985-995

  Ashwood, Karen L ^a   Buitelaar, Jan ^b,c   Murphy, Declan ^a   Spooren, Will ^d   Charman, Tony ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autism; Diagnosis; Europe; Measures; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CHILDRENS SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DSM-5; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPEAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84938739853     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0648-2     Document Type: Article

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