Taxonomy of Major Disorders in Childhood

Abstract

(from the chapter) early childhood autism / characteristics of autism / impaired social relationships / language deficits / abnormal play patterns / obsessional interests and attachments / cognitive abnormalities age of onset / prevalence of early infantile autism / the causes of autism / later outcome the classification of autism the differential diagnosis between autism and other childhood disorders / autism of childhood schizophrenia / autism as a form of mental retardation / autism and severe developmental language disorders / autism and Asperger's syndrome / disintegrative disorders (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)