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Author III, Thompson E. Davis

Title Handbook of Autism and Anxiety
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (266 pages)
Series Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
Autism and child psychopathology series.
Contents Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Part I ; Introduction and Overview; Chapter-1; The History of Autism: From Pillar to Post; Introduction; Post-World War Two Era: Autism, Psychosis, and Psychodynamics; Tracking the Official Nomenclature; Causes, Cures, and Controversies; Conclusions; References; Chapter-2; Phenotypic Variability in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Clinical Considerations; Introduction; Prevalence; Etiology; Diagnostic and Clinical Features; Core Diagnostic Features; Adaptive Behavior; Behavior and Psychiatric Problems; Outcome; Conclusions; References
Chapter-3Anxiety Disorders; Introduction; Phenomenology; Normal Fear and Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders; Prevalence; Course, Severity, and Comorbidity; Etiology; Temperamental Vulnerability; Environmental Risk; Genetic and Physiological Vulnerability; Maintaining Variables: Avoidance and Cognitive Biases; Multifactorial Model; Treatment; Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; Pharmacotherapy; Conclusions; References; Chapter-4; Other Disorders Frequently Comorbid with Autism; Introduction; General Comorbidity Prevalence Rates; Intellectual Disability; Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct DisorderTic Disorders; Sleep Disorders; Feeding Disorders; Elimination Disorders; Depressive Disorders; Bipolar and Related Disorders; Suicidality; Conclusions; References; Chapter-5; Anxiety Assessment and Treatment in Typically Developing Children; Anxiety Assessment and Treatment in Typically Developing Children; Assessment; Empirically Supported Treatments for Anxiety Disorders in Youth; Psychoeducation; Exposure; Cognitive Restructuring; Parent Psychoeducation and Parent-Training; Relaxation; Modeling; Self-Monitoring
Evidence for the Efficacy of CBT for the Treatment of Childhood Anxiety DisordersObsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Specific Phobias; GAD, SAD, and Social Phobia; Conclusions ; References; Chapter-6; Autism and Anxiety: Overlap, Similarities, and Differences; Autism and Anxiety: Overlap, Similarities, and Differences; Past and Present Challenges; Prevalence of Anxiety in ASD; Similarities and Differences; Occurrence; Anxiety Presentation; Onset and Trajectory; IQ, Language, and ASD subtype; Conclusions ; References; Chapter-7
Autism and Anxiety: Etiologic Factors and Transdiagnostic ProcessesIntersection of Core Diagnostic Features of ASD and Anxiety; Social Deficits and Anxiety; Repetitive Behaviors and Anxiety; Resistance to Change; Differences in Sensory Processing; Transdiagnostic Behavioral Processes; Perseveration or Rumination and Anxiety; Emotion Regulation; Core Diagnostic Features and Transdiagnostic Processes: Concluding Remarks; Common Neurobiological Etiologies of Anxiety and ASD; Prevailing Models of Amygdala Function and Dysfunction in ASD; Amygdala Activity, Anxiety, and ASD
Summary The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has evolved greatly since Asperger's day. And as our clinical understanding of this spectrum of disorders has grown, so has recognition of the connections between anxiety disorders and ASD?a welcome development, but also a source of confusion for many in the field. The Handbook of Autism and Anxiety brings together leading experts to explain this comorbidity, the diagnostic similarities and differences between the two disorders and the extent to which treatment for each can be coordinated for optimum results. Focusing on repetitive behaviors, soci
Notes PFC Function, Anxiety, and ASD
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Subject Autism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Anxiety disorders -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Anxiety disorders
Autism
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
Author White, Susan W
Ollendick, Thomas H
ISBN 9783319067964
3319067966