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Comorbid Conditions Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Johnny L. Matson

    1. Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

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  • Offers a comprehensive examination of major comorbid conditions with autism spectrum disorders
  • Addresses a broad-based range of psychological and medical conditions and interventions
  • Examines the recent NIMH mandate to rethink how mental health conditions are grouped and defined
  • Provides a conceptual diagnostic model that more clearly delineates how various mental health disorders and mental health conditions intersect
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series (ACPS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The History of Comorbidity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

      • Micah O. Mazurek
      Pages 3-25

    3. Scope and Prevalence of the Problem

      • John F. Strang
      Pages 27-42

  3. Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Methods and Procedures for Measuring Comorbid Disorders: Psychological

      • Amanda M. Pearl, Susan D. Mayes
      Pages 45-63

    3. Methods and Procedures for Measuring Comorbid Disorders: Medical

      • Paige Cervantes, Jina Jang
      Pages 65-90

    4. Methods and Procedures for Measuring Comorbid Disorders: Motor Movement and Activity

      • Ting Liu, Casey M. Breslin, Sayed ElGarhy
      Pages 91-134

  4. Psychological Disorders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Challenging Behavior

      • Wendy Machalicek, Tracy Raulston, Christen Knowles, Traci Ruppert, Amarie Carnett, Fahad Alresheed
      Pages 137-170

    3. Psychopathology

      • Vincent Pandolfi, Caroline I. Magyar
      Pages 171-186

    4. Feeding Disorders

      • Jill C. Fodstad, Sandra McCourt, Lisa R. Minor, Noha F. Minshawi
      Pages 187-216

    5. Sleep Disorders

      • Karen McKenzie, Halina Rzepecka, Iain McClure
      Pages 217-233

    6. Epilepsy

      • Colin Reilly, Christopher Gillberg
      Pages 235-256

    7. Gastrointestinal Disorders

      • Geraldine Leader, Arlene Mannion
      Pages 257-281

    8. Intellectual Disability

      • Nienke Peters-Scheffer, Robert Didden, Russell Lang
      Pages 283-300

  5. Motor Movement and Activity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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    2. Developmental Coordination Disorder

      • John Cairney, Sara King-Dowling
      Pages 303-322

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 323-326
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About this book

This book presents the similarities and intersections between Autism Spectrum Disorders and comorbid conditions in children. It describes the prevalence and magnitude of comorbid conditions occurring in conjunction with ASD that complicate diagnosis and can potentially lead to inappropriate treatment and negative outcomes. It addresses the strengths and limitations of age-appropriate assessment measures as well as activity and motor skill measurement methods. Specific comorbid disorders are examined through the review of core symptoms, prognostic and diagnostic issues and treatment options for children on the ASD spectrum.

Featured topics include:

  • Challenging behaviors in children with ASD.
  • Conditions ranging from feeding and gastrointestinal disorders to epilepsy.
  • Developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
  • Intellectual disability (ID).
  • Methods and procedures for measuring comorbid psychological, medical and motor disorders.

    • Comorbid Conditions Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians and professionals and graduate students across such fields as clinical child, school and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics and educational psychology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    Johnny L. Matson

About the editor

Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D., is Professor and Distinguished Research Master and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. He has also previously held a professorship in psychiatry and clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of more than 750 publications including 38 books. He also serves as Founding Editor-in-Chief of 3 journals; Research in Developmental Disabilities (Elsevier), Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (Elsevier) and Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (Springer).

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