Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (eBook)

Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Johnny L. Matson, Peter Sturmey (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XII, 1609 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-88538-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This handbook provides a substantive foundation of autism theory and research, including a comprehensive overview, conceptualization, and history of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). This robust reference work integrates the broad scholarly base of literature coupled with a trenchant analysis of the state of the field in nosology, etiology, assessment, and treatment. Its expert contributors examine findings and controversies (e.g., the actual prevalence of autism) as well as longstanding topics of interest as well as emerging issues from around the globe. In addition, the handbook describes multiple assessments, diagnoses, interventions and treatments for autism and PDD. It addresses such key topics as assessment of core symptoms and comorbidities, risk factors, epidemiology, diagnostic systems, neuroscience as well as issues regarding family adaptation. In addition, the handbook explores the rapidly evolving and expanding topics of medications, diets, fringe and harmful treatments, applied behavior analysis, and early intensive behavioral interventions.

Key areas of coverage include:

• Survey of diagnostic criteria and assessment strategies for autism and pervasive developmental disorder.
• Genetic, behavioral, biopsychosocial, and cognitive models of autism assessment and treatment.
• Psychiatric disorders in individuals with ASD.
• Theory of mind and facial recognition in persons with autism.
• Diagnostic instruments for assessing core features and challenging behaviors in autism and PDD.
• Evidence-based psychosocial, pharmacological, and integrative treatments for autism and other developmental disabilities.
• Interventions specifically for adults with ASD.
• Training issues for professionals, parents, and other caregivers of individuals with autism and developmental disabilities.
• Review of findings of successful and promising therapies coupled with guidance on how to distinguish between dubious and effective treatments for autism and PDD.

The handbook is an indispensable resource for researchers, professors, graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other practitioners in clinical child and school psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, special education, behavioral rehabilitation, pediatric medicine, developmental psychology, and all allied disciplines.

Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D., is Professor and Distinguished Research Master in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He has served as major professor for 69 doctoral students over a 42-year career and has more than 850 publications, including 45 books. He is founding editor for the Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Peter Sturmey, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. He has published more than 500 articles, chapters, and conference papers as well as 25 authored and edited books.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.8.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
• Reihe/Serie: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 1609 p. 29 illus., 8 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Academic skills, special education, and ABA • Alternative and augmentative communications • Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and autism • Autism spectrum disorder and psychopathology • CBT, mindfulness and developmental disabilities • Challenging behaviors and autism • Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and autism • Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) and autism • Education and developmental disabilities • Emotional cognition, face recognition and autism • Family adaptations and autism • Feeding disorders and autism • Neuropsychology assessment and autism • Neurotechnology, neuroimaging and autism • Parent and caregiver training and autism • Positive behavior support and autism • Psychotropic drugs, ASD, PDD • Sensory processing, motor issues and autism • Sleep disorders and developmental disorders • Social skills and PDD
• ISBN-10: 3-030-88538-0 / 3030885380
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-88538-0 / 9783030885380