Authors
Björn Hofvander, Richard Delorme, Pauline Chaste, Agneta Nydén, Elisabet Wentz, Ola Ståhlberg, Evelyn Herbrecht, Astrid Stopin, Henrik Anckarsäter, Christopher Gillberg, Maria Råstam, Marion Leboyer
Publication date
2009/12
Journal
BMC psychiatry
Volume
9
Pages
1-9
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often display symptoms from other diagnostic categories. Studies of clinical and psychosocial outcome in adult patients with ASDs without concomitant intellectual disability are few. The objective of this paper is to describe the clinical psychiatric presentation and important outcome measures of a large group of normal-intelligence adult patients with ASDs.
Methods
Autistic symptomatology according to the DSM-IV-criteria and the Gillberg & Gillberg research criteria, patterns of comorbid psychopathology and psychosocial outcome were assessed in 122 consecutively referred adults with normal intelligence ASDs. The subjects consisted of 5 patients with autistic disorder (AD), 67 with Asperger's disorder (AS) and 50 with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD NOS …
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