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Übersichtsarbeit

Autistische Störungen – State-of-the-Art und neuere Entwicklungen

Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, Diagnostik und Therapie

Published Online:April 27, 2012https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000164

Abstract

Der vorliegende Überblicksartikel baut auf dem «State-of-the-Art»-Vortrag zu tiefgreifenden Entwicklungsstörungen bei der 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie (DGKJP) im März 2011 in Essen auf und fasst die neuesten Erkenntnisse bezüglich epidemiologischer Studien (Komorbidität, Risikofaktoren), Frühdiagnose, Klassifikation und evidenzbasierter Therapieverfahren im Bereich medikamentöser Therapie sowie Autismus-spezifischer Frühförderung und Verhaltenstherapie zusammen. In allen diesen Bereichen hat die Forschung in den letzten Jahren zu einem besseren Verständnis und zu einer effektiveren Therapie von Autism Spectrum Disorders beigetragen.


Autistic disorders – the state of the art and recent findings: epidemiology, aetiology, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic interventions

This review article is based on a state-of-the-art lecture given at the 32nd meeting of the German Child Psychiatry Association in March 2011. It summarizes recent findings from epidemiological studies (comorbid disorders, risk factors), early diagnosis, classification, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions (psychopharmacology, early intervention, group-based behavioural interventions). Intensive research over the last years has led to a better understanding of, and improved therapeutic options for, autism spectrum disorders.

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