The Autisms

by Coleman, Mary; Gillberg, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780199732128
• ISBN10: 0199732124
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Autisms, written by Mary Coleman and Christopher Gillberg, demonstrates that autism, like mental retardation, is a clinical presentation of numerous different diseases, many with genomic underpinnings. In this ground-breaking work, the authors explain in great detail how to clinically diagnose infants, children, adolescents and adults with autistic behavioral features and their psychiatric and neurological work-ups. This new edition contains several chapters on the associated problems of autism, such as intellectual disability, epilepsy, tics, eating disorders and sleep problems, as well as a chapter on epidemiology that documents the historical increase in autism diagnoses. Several chapters summarize the latest data on neuroanatomy, biochemistry and neuropsychology, while three neurogenomics chapters show evidence suggesting that autism occurs due to genetic errors which cause interruption or misdirection of critical neurodevelopmental circuits in the fetal brain. Completely up-to-date,The Autismsis relevant and necessary reading for researchers and clinicians in neuroscience, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and psychology.

Author Biography

Mary Coleman is a pediatric neurologist specializing in neurodevelopmental disorders. She has published over 100 papers and nine medical books, five of which are on autism. She was educated at the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University with neurology training at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and Children's Hospital in D.C.


Christopher Gillberg is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is one of the leading neuropsychiatrists in the world and has published over 500 papers and 25 books. He is an active researcher and clinician in the field of autism as well as in the fields of other childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorders, including ADHD, tic disorders, learning disability, epilepsy and eating disorders.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The Autisms as a Spectrum
Diagnosis of the Autisms in Infancy	p. 5
The Clinical Course of Autism in Childhood and Adolescence	p. 17
Adults with Autism	p. 27
Asperger Syndrome	p. 34
Comorbidities and Symptom Complexes	p. 46
Epidemiology: Is Autism Increasing?	p. 60
Timing: When Do Diseases with Autistic Features Begin?	p. 75
Neuroanatomy: Which Parts of the Brain are Involved?	p. 83
Neuropsychology and Cognitive Psychology in the Autisms	p. 101
Autism and Epilepsy	p. 122
Biochemistry, Immunology, Endocrinology	p. 133
The Autisms as a Syndrome
Clinical Subgroups	p. 155
Neurogenomics: Genes	p. 180
Neurogenomics: Chromosomes	p. 251
Neurogenomics: Mitochondrial Disorders, Environment, Epigenetics	p. 286
Treatment and Support in the Autisms
Educational and Behavioral Interventions Throughout the Life Span in Autism	p. 305
Prevention, Reversal Autism, and Medical Therapies	p. 312
Conclusion	p. 330
Recommended Psychiatric/Psychological Workup in Autism	p. 345
Updated Neurological Workup for Children with Autistic Features	p. 350
Glossary	p. 356
Author Index	p. 365
Subject Index	p. 377
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