Understanding the Nature of Autism and Asperger's Disorder
by Ritvo, Edward R., M.D.; Attwood, TonyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-11-15
Publisher(s): Jessica Kingsley Pub
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Summary
Edward R. Ritvo MD is an internationally recognized medical expert, researcher and pioneer in the field of autism and Asperger's disorder and co-author of the official diagnostic criteria in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Much of what is known about these disorders today is based on his painstaking research and groundbreaking discoveries. In this book he shares his forty years' experience and opens his extensive UCLA casebook to the reader
Author Biography
Edward R. Ritvo MD is Professor Emeritus at the UCLA School of Medicine in California, USA
Table of Contents
| Foreword by Tony Attwood | 9 | (2) | |||
| Acknowledgements | 11 | (2) | |||
| Introduction | 13 | (4) | |||
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| 1. Understanding How to Understand a Disease | 17 | (8) | |||
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| 2. The Clinical Symptoms: From Severe Autism to Asperger's Disorder | 25 | (28) | |||
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| 3. The Life Course of Autism and Asperger's Disorder | 53 | (14) | |||
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| 4. Searching the Brain for Clues | 67 | (20) | |||
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| 5. Searching for Causes | 87 | (14) | |||
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| 6. Supportive Treatments: Which Ones, When, and for Whom | 101 | (20) | |||
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| 7. My Casebook | 121 | (28) | |||
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122 | (16) | |||
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138 | (11) | |||
| 8. The Importance of Obtaining a Diagnosis | 149 | (8) | |||
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149 | (8) | |||
| 9. The "Official Diagnostic Criteria" | 157 | (6) | |||
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158 | (2) | |||
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| Epilogue | 163 | (4) | |||
| Suggestions for Gathering Further Information | 167 | (2) | |||
| Index | 169 |
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