Autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia: Boundaries and uncertainties

BJ Psych Advances

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 316-324

  Pina Camacho, Laura ^a   Parellada, Mara ^b,c   Kyriakopoulos, Marinos ^a,d,e,f,g  

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

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Inpatient Children s Unit (Acorn Lodge)   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84986222463     PISSN: 20564678     EISSN: 20564686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.115.014720     Document Type: Article

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