Biological and Neuropsychological Approaches to Childhood Autism

There is growing conviction that childhood autism is a biologically based disorder. The evidence that has accrued in a variety of areas pertaining to biological abnormality in autism suggests that, with the possible exception of genetic factors, very few data are available that illuminate the autist...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1987-01, Vol.150 (1), p.8-17
Main Author: Prior, Margot R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autistic Disorder - etiology
Autistic Disorder - genetics
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Models, Biological
Nervous System Diseases - complications
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Review Article
Techniques and methods
Virus Diseases - complications
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Summary:There is growing conviction that childhood autism is a biologically based disorder. The evidence that has accrued in a variety of areas pertaining to biological abnormality in autism suggests that, with the possible exception of genetic factors, very few data are available that illuminate the autistic disorder specifically. Neurological models which might be useful in guiding further research are discussed and reasons for the slow progress in this important aspect of the study of autism are identified.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.150.1.8