Parent-mediated social communication therapy for young children with autism (PACT): long-term follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10059, 2016, Pages 2501-2509

  Pickles, Andrew ^a   Le Couteur, Ann ^b,c   Leadbitter, Kathy ^d   Salomone, Erica ^a   Cole Fletcher, Rachel ^b   Tobin, Hannah ^d   Gammer, Isobel ^a   Lowry, Jessica ^b   Vamvakas, George ^a   Byford, Sarah ^a   Aldred, Catherine ^d   Slonims, Vicky ^e   McConachie, Helen ^b   Howlin, Patricia ^a   Parr, Jeremy R ^b   Charman, Tony ^a   Green, Jonathan ^d,f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PARENTS;

EID: 84992751838     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31229-6     Document Type: Article

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