Understanding the Nature of Autism and Asperger's Disorder : Forty Years of Clinical Practice and Pioneering Research.

Edward R. Ritvo MD is an internationally recognized medical expert, researcher and pioneer in the field of autism and Asperger's disorder and co-author of the official diagnostic criteria in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Much of what is known about these disor...

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Main Author: Edward R., M. D. Ritvo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
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Summary:Edward R. Ritvo MD is an internationally recognized medical expert, researcher and pioneer in the field of autism and Asperger's disorder and co-author of the official diagnostic criteria in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Much of what is known about these disorders today is based on his painstaking research and groundbreaking discoveries. In this book he shares his forty years' experience and opens his extensive UCLA casebook to the reader. Understanding the Nature of Autism and Asperger's Disorder is 'a consultation with Prof. Ritvo' - a thoroughly accessib.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages)
ISBN:9781846424533
1846424534
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.