Editors:
- Synthesizes numerous research studies and findings on assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Addresses the history and use of clinical observation as well as how assessments have grown increasingly structured and specialized
- Examines multiple disorders often comorbid with autism, including ADHD, anxiety, depression, and sleep problems
- Explores the implications of DSM-5 and ICD-11 on treating autism?
Part of the book series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series (ACPS)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Topics featured in this handbook include:
- Types of ASD assessment.
- Report writing for ASD evaluations.
- Stress and satisfaction in the diagnostic process.
- Clinical and neuropsychological perspectives from comorbid diagnosis of ASD and ADHD.
- Executive functions in ASD.
The Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians, professionals, and graduate students in clinical child and school psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics, and educational psychology.
Keywords
- ADHD comorbid with autism
- ASD and comorbid conditions
- Anxiety disorders comorbid with autism
- Asperger’s Syndrome assessment and diagnosis
- Assessment of autism spectrum disorder
- Clinical observation of autism
- DSM-5 and autism assessment and diagnosis
- Diagnosing, screening, and monitoring ASD
- Executive functioning and ASD
- ICD-11 and autism assessment and diagnosis
- Intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders
- OCD and anxiety comorbid with autism
- Preschool and early childhood assessment of ASD
- Psychological measurement of ASD with comorbid disorders
- Report writing and autism assessment
- Screening methods for autism spectrum disorder
- Seizure problems and autism
- Severe psychopathology comorbid with ASD
- ToM and autism spectrum disorder
- fMRI and autism
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Johnny L. Matson
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Editors: Johnny L. Matson
Series Title: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27171-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27169-9Published: 17 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68911-1Published: 04 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27171-2Published: 04 February 2016
Series ISSN: 2192-922X
Series E-ISSN: 2192-9238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 477
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Work