Boys with Asperger Syndrome Grow Up: Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 20 Years After Initial Diagnosis

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-82

  Gillberg, I Carina ^a   Helles, Adam ^a   Billstedt, Eva ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; Asperger syndrome; Autism spectrum disorder; DCD; Depression; Long term follow up; Neurodevelopmental; Psychiatric disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DSM-IV; DYSTHYMIA; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TIC; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84953836010     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2544-0     Document Type: Article

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