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The Autisms
Fourth Edition
Mary Coleman and Christopher Gillberg
412 pages
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177x254mm
978-0-19-973212-8
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Hardback
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05 January 2012
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- Fully details the many advances that have occurred in the field within the past 10 years since the last edition was published
- Combines the separate research done by autism specialists and neuroscientists and blends these two sources, sorting out the relevant findings and characterizing the many remaining unsolved questions
- Written by two leading autism experts
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 Autisms is relevant and necessary reading for researchers and clinicians in neuroscience, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and psychology.Readership: Pediatricians, psychiatrists, neurologists, and psychologists. Secondary audiences include other professionals who work with autistic children, such as speech therapists, occupational therapists,
early learning specialists in autism, etc. as well as the graduate programs of neuroscientists currently studying autism.
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Mary Coleman, Medical Director, Foundation for Autism Research, and Christopher Gillberg, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg 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.
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"The Autisms by Drs. Coleman and Gillberg is a veritable tour de force with encyclopedic coverage of what is known, suspected, and responsibly postulated about autism. The writing is clear, concise, and comprehensive. There are masterful discussions covering major topics of interest. The consistency offered by two major authors as opposed to many contributors of individual chapters is a breath of fresh air and this book is accessible and useful for a wide range of professionals as well as families dealing with this important group of disorders." - Phillip L. Pearl, MD, Division Chief, Child Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Music, The George Washington University School of Medicine,
Washington, DC
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Part One - The Autisms as a Spectrum
1. Diagnosis of the autisms in infancy
2. The clinical course of autism in childhood and adolescence
3. Adults with autism
4. Asperger syndrome
5. Comorbidities and symptom complexes
6. Epidemiology: is autism increasing?
7. Timing: When do diseases with autistic features begin?
8. Neuroanatomy: which parts of the brain are involved?
9. Neuropsychology and cognitive psychology in the autisms
10. Autism and epilepsy
11. Biochemistry, immunology, endocrinology
Part Two - The Autisms as a Syndrome
12. Clinical subgroups
13. Neurogenomics: Genes
14. Neurogenomics: Chromosomes
15. Neurogenomics: Mitochondrial disorders, environment, epigenetics
Part Three - Treatment and Support in the Autisms
16. Educational and behavioral interventions throughout the life span in autism
17. Prevention, reversal autism, and medical therapies
18. Conclusion
Appendix One - Recommended psychiatric/psychological workup in autism.
Appendix Two - Updated neurological workup for children with autistic features
Glossary
Index
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