The Neuropsychology of AutismAbstract: Autism is a severe, static developmental disorder characterised by social and communicative deficits as well as by stereotyped, restricted behaviour patterns beginning within the first three years of life. Research ...
Usefulness of the Child Behavior Checklist in assessing behavior problems in childrenSummary:Objectives: The Child Behavior Checklist is used to assess behavioral problems in a large unselected sample of children. In the present study we assess the ...
Summary:The factor structure of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R): A study on the dimensiional versus the categorical classification of autistic disordersObjectives: This study investigated whether empirically derived dimensions of ...
Sleep Disturbances in Psychiatric Disorders of Childhood and AdolescenceSummary: As a symptom of many psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence, sleep disturbances often complicate the course and treatment of the underlying disorder. A somatic ...
Autism: An overview of learning prerequisites and interventionsAbstract. Autistic students often perform academically lower than non-autistic students. At the same time, there is great variability in academic ...
Interventions for Autism: Status quo, Evidence-based, Questionable and Dubious TechniquesSummary:Objective: We describe and critically discuss intervention methods that have been used to modify autistic behaviors. Methods: Early intervention methods, ...
The German form of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS): first results on reliability and validitySummary:Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the German version of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). Methods: ...
22q11.2-deletionssyndrome and its relevance to child and adolescent psychiatry. A review of etiology, somatic findings, developmental aspects and psychiatric disorders.Summary: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is the most common interstitial deletion syndrome ...
Zusammenfassung:Fragestellung: Es wird eine Übersicht zu international gängigen und in deutscher Sprache erhältlichen Instrumenten zur Früherkennung und allgemeinen Diagnostik autistischer Störungen gegeben. Methodik: Alle bis Mai 2004 mittels Medline, ...
Relevance and results of Theory of Mind research for autism and other psychiatric disordersSummary:Objectives: Disorders of the autistic spectrum are basically characterised by a triad of symptoms: dysfunction of social interaction, communication ...
Autism and metabolic disorders - a rational approachSummary: The causes of autism are heterogeneous and predominantly genetically determined. An exact aetiology is found in less than 10% of affected patients. The disappointment about low rates of success ...
Zusammenfassung:Fragestellung: Trotz des hohen Bedarfs an gruppentherapeutischen Interventionen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit autistischen Störungen stehen bisher kaum spezifische deutschsprachige Therapieprogramme zur Verfügung. Seit 2003 wird an ...
Psychopharmacology of autistic disordersSummary: There is a growing number of studies on the efficacy of pharmacological interventions in autistic disorders. Although the core symptoms of autism can hardly be influenced by medication, drug treatment can ...
Age-dependent differences in neuropsychological performance profiles in ADHD and autismSummary:Objectives: Children and adolescents with autism or with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are compared in this study to three different age ...
Does the Fragmented Images Test measure locally oriented visual processing in autism spectrum disorders?Objective: The cognitive phenotype of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is characterized among other things by local processing (weak central coherence)...
Empirically based early intervention programs for children with autistic disorders – a selective literature reviewAutistic Disorders (AD) are characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, as well as by stereotyped behaviors and ...
Comorbidity in autism spectrum disorders – II. Genetic syndromes and neurological problemsObjective: Children with a pervasive developmental disorder show in addition to core symptoms a variety of genetic syndromes as well as neurological problems, which ...
Neuropsychological models of autism spectrum disorders – behavioral evidence and functional imagingObjective: To review neuropsychological models of theory of mind (ToM), executive functions (EF), and central coherence (CC) as framework for cognitive ...
Self-report and parental report of empathy in adolescents with autismObjective: A deficit in empathy has repeatedly been described as a central feature of autistic disorders. However, little is known about how adolescents with autism evaluate their own ...
Autistic disorders – the state of the art and recent findings: epidemiology, aetiology, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic interventionsThis review article is based on a state-of-the-art lecture given at the 32nd meeting of the German Child Psychiatry ...