Mental health aspects of autism and Asperger Syndrome [[electronic resource] /] / Mohammad Ghaziuddin

• Autore: Ghaziuddin Mohammad
• Pubblicazione: London, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85882
• Soggetto topico: Asperger's syndrome - Patients - Mental health; Asperger's syndrome; Autistic people - Mental health; Autism; Comorbidity; Psychology, Pathological
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Autism and pervasive developmental disorders: an overview -- What is Asperger syndrome? -- Other pervasive developmental disorders -- Medical conditions in autism -- Psychiatric comorbidity: an introduction -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Depression and other mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders in autism and Asperger syndrome -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Autism, tic disorders, and Tourette syndrome -- Other psychiatric disorders -- Violence in autism and Asperger syndrome -- Psychiatric comorbidity of autism spectrum disorders: the task ahead.
• Sommario/riassunto: Very little is known about the occurrence of psychiatric and emotional disorders in persons with autism and Asperger syndrome. The author alerts parents and professionals to this fact and provides sound advice for detection and treatment. He is not proposing a link, rather the need to systematically characterise such problems.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mental health aspects of autism and Asperger Syndrome
• ISBN: 9786610262083; 1-84642-105-5; 1-280-26208-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450267703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II