The media, scientific researchers, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual all refer to "autism" as if it were a single disorder or a single disorder over a spectrum. However, autism is unlike any single disorder in a variety of ways. No single brain deficit is found to cause it, no sing...

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1. Verfasser:	Waterhouse, Lynn H. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Waltham, MA Academic Press 2013
Ausgabe:	1st ed
Schlagworte:	Autistic Disorder PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism spectrum disorders Autism spectrum disorders / Treatment Autism spectrum disorders > Diagnosis Autism spectrum disorders > Treatment Autismus Diagnose Heterogenität Therapie
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Zusammenfassung:	The media, scientific researchers, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual all refer to "autism" as if it were a single disorder or a single disorder over a spectrum. However, autism is unlike any single disorder in a variety of ways. No single brain deficit is found to cause it, no single drug is found to affect it, and no single cause or cure has been found despite tremendous research efforts to find same. Rethinking Autism reviews the scientific research on causes, symptomology, course, and treatment done to date.and draws the potentially shocking conclusion that "autism" does not exist as a single disorder. The conglomeration of symptoms exists, but like fever, those symptoms aren't a disease in themselves, but rather a result of some other cause(s). Only by ceasing to think of autism as a single disorder can we ever advance research to more accurately parse why these symptoms occur and what the different and varied causes may be. Autism is a massive worldwide problem with increasing prevalence rates, now thought to be as high as 1 in 38 children (Korea) and 1 in 100 children (CDC- US)Autism is the 3rd most common developmental disability; 400,000 people in the United States alone have autismAutism affects the entire brain, including communication, social behavior, and reasoning and is lifelongThere is no known cause and no cureFunding for autism research quadrupled from 1995 to 2000 up to $45 million, and the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has recommended $1 billion funding from 2010-2015
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index. - Title from publisher's Web site; (ScienceDirect; viewed on Sept. 6, 2012)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xvi. 464 pages)
ISBN:	9780123914132 0123914132