Understanding the Nature of Autism and Asperger's Disorder

Forty Years of Clinical Practice and Pioneering Research

Edward R. Ritvo MD, Professor Emeritus, UCLA School of Medicine
Foreword by Tony Attwood

Paperback: £13.99 / $24.95

2005, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-814-6, BIC 2: MMH JM MJA

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Foreword by Tony Attwood. Introduction. 1. Understanding How to Understand a Disease. 2. The Clinical Picture: From Severe to Mild Autism, to Asperger's Disorder. 3. The Life Course of Autism and Asperger's Disorders. 4. Searching the Brain for Clues. 5. Searching for Causes. 6. Treatments: Which Ones, For Whom, and When? 7. My Casebook. 8. Some Concluding Wisdoms. 9. The "Official" Diagnostic Criteria. Epilogue. Suggestions for Gathering Further Information. Index.

Author information

• Edward R. Ritvo MD, Professor Emeritus, UCLA School of Medicine

Subject areas

• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• occupational therapy,
• psychiatry,
• psychology,
• special education,
• speech and language therapy

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