| Autor: |
Helverschou SB, Bakken TL, Martinsen H |
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Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities; Oct-Dec2008, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p105-115, 11p |
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Identification of psychiatric disorders in individuals with autism and intellectual disability may be complex, especially due to the difficulty of separating psychiatric symptoms from the core symptoms of autism. However, differentiating conceptually between these disorders is a prerequisite for developing more accurate and reliable diagnoses. A panel study design was applied to investigate which symptoms clinicians use to discriminate between autism and four major psychiatric disorders -- psychosis, depression, anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The result was a set of symptoms which were rated as specific to a psychiatric disorder and not characteristic of autism as it appears in individuals with intellectual disability. These symptoms may be used as indicators of psychiatric disorders in this group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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