Comorbid Conditions Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1st ed. 2016 Autism and Child Psychopathology Series

This book presents the similarities and intersections between Autism Spectrum Disorders and comorbid conditions in children. It describes the prevalence and magnitude of comorbid conditions occurring in conjunction with ASD that complicate diagnosis and can potentially lead to inappropriate treatment and negative outcomes. It addresses the strengths and limitations of age-appropriate assessment measures as well as activity and motor skill measurement methods. Specific comorbid disorders are examined through the review of core symptoms, prognostic and diagnostic issues and treatment options for children on the ASD spectrum.

Featured topics include:

• Challenging behaviors in children with ASD.
• Conditions ranging from feeding and gastrointestinal disorders to epilepsy.
• Developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
• Intellectual disability (ID).
• Methods and procedures for measuring comorbid psychological, medical and motor disorders.

Comorbid Conditions Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians and professionals and graduate students across such fields as clinical child, school and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics and educational psychology.

Offers a comprehensive examination of major comorbid conditions with autism spectrum disorders

Addresses a broad-based range of psychological and medical conditions and interventions

Examines the recent NIMH mandate to rethink how mental health conditions are grouped and defined

Provides a conceptual diagnostic model that more clearly delineates how various mental health disorders and mental health conditions intersect

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras