State of the Knowledge of Asperger Syndrome, a New DSM-IV Diagnosis: A Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment ... for the Degree of Master of Science (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing) ... |
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according to Asperger adaptive skills adolescence adulthood anxiety disorders appears in DSM-IV Asperger believed Asperger Syndrome ASPERGER'S AUTISTIC PSYCHOPATHY Asperger's original Asperger's thesis autistic children child psychiatry clinical features clinical picture clinically significant delay clumsiness and uncoordinated cognitive development common criteria for DSM-IV delay in cognitive described in 1944 develop imaginative play developmental language disorders developmental level DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS difficulties Echolalia etiology extremely facial expression Frith Gestures are limited Ghaziuddin Gillberg Hans Asperger impairment in social impairment in two-way inappropriate jargon speech Kanner language development Learning disabilities mental retardation motor Non-verbal communication normal children nurses parents percent occurrence PERSON WITH ASPERGER pervasive developmental disorder preoccupations proposed diagnostic criteria psychosis qualitative impairment range of interests repetitive restricted range Rickarby schizophrenia schizotypal personality disorder Simblett & Wilson social behavior social environment social integration social skills socially isolated solitary interest studies symptoms Szatmari Tantum termed autistic psychopathy therapy two-way social interaction unusual