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Rethinking Autism : Variation and Complexity /

The media, scientific researchers, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual all refer to "autism" as if it were a single disorder or a single disorder over a spectrum. However, autism is unlike any single disorder in a variety of ways. No single brain deficit is found to cause it, no sing...

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Main Authors: Waterhouse, Lynn H
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: London ; Waltham, MA :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Autism spectrum disorders
Autism spectrum disorders > Diagnosis
Autism spectrum disorders > Treatment
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism in children > Treatment
Autism in children
Autism
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124159617
Summary: The media, scientific researchers, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual all refer to "autism" as if it were a single disorder or a single disorder over a spectrum. However, autism is unlike any single disorder in a variety of ways. No single brain deficit is found to cause it, no single drug is found to affect it, and no single cause or cure has been found despite tremendous research efforts to find same. Rethinking Autism reviews the scientific research on causes, symptomology, course, and treatment done to date.and draws the potentially shocking conclusion that "autism" does not exist
Item Description: Title from publisher's Web site; (ScienceDirect; viewed on Sept. 6, 2012).
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi. 464 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780123914132
0123914132
Index Number: RC553
CLC: R749.4
Contents: Autism heterogeneity -- Autism symptom heterogeneity exists in family members -- The social brain is a complex super-network -- Genetic risk factors link autism to many other disorders -- Environmental risk factors link autism to many other outcomes -- Savant skills, special skills, and intelligence vary widely in autism -- Increasing prevalence and the problem of diagnosis -- Autism symptoms exist but the disorder remains elusive.

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