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Asperger Syndrome in India: Findings from a Case-Series with Respect to Clinical Profile and Comorbidity

Asperger syndrome (AS) is an autism spectrum disorder with a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. We describe the clinical profile and psychiatric comorbidity in a series of affected individuals referred to an Indian general hospital psychiatry setting. Gilliam Asperger's disorder scale was us...

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Autores principales: Sreedaran, Priya, Ashok, M. V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969609
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.155632
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description Asperger syndrome (AS) is an autism spectrum disorder with a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. We describe the clinical profile and psychiatric comorbidity in a series of affected individuals referred to an Indian general hospital psychiatry setting. Gilliam Asperger's disorder scale was used to evaluate the clinical characteristics while Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)-KID and MINI-PLUS were used to assess psychiatric comorbidity. The profile of subjects with AS in our case-series appears similar to that published elsewhere with high rates of psychiatric comorbidity. Mental health professionals should evaluate for psychiatric comorbidity in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
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spelling pubmed-44182562015-05-12 Asperger Syndrome in India: Findings from a Case-Series with Respect to Clinical Profile and Comorbidity Sreedaran, Priya Ashok, M. V. Indian J Psychol Med Brief Report Asperger syndrome (AS) is an autism spectrum disorder with a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. We describe the clinical profile and psychiatric comorbidity in a series of affected individuals referred to an Indian general hospital psychiatry setting. Gilliam Asperger's disorder scale was used to evaluate the clinical characteristics while Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)-KID and MINI-PLUS were used to assess psychiatric comorbidity. The profile of subjects with AS in our case-series appears similar to that published elsewhere with high rates of psychiatric comorbidity. Mental health professionals should evaluate for psychiatric comorbidity in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4418256/ /pubmed/25969609 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.155632 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Asperger Syndrome in India: Findings from a Case-Series with Respect to Clinical Profile and Comorbidity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418256/
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