Asperger Syndrome

Table of contents

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• Asperger Syndrome i
• Title Page iii
• About the Editors vi
• Contributors vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Foreword xi
• Contents xv
• Introduction 1
• I - Behavioral Aspects 23
• 1: Diagnostic Issues in Asperger Syndrome 25
• 2: Neuropsychological Function and the External Validity of Asperger Syndrome 72
• 3: Motor Functioning in Asperger Syndrome 97
• 4: Social Language Use in Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism 125
• II - Family Genetics and Neurobiological Aspects 157
• 5: Does Asperger Syndrome Aggregate in Families? 159
• 6: Neurofunctional Models of Autistic Disorder and Asperger Syndrome Clues from Neuroimaging 172

• Asperger Syndrome i
• Title Page iii
• About the Editors vi
• Contributors vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Foreword xi
• Contents xv
• Introduction 1
• I - Behavioral Aspects 23
• 1: Diagnostic Issues in Asperger Syndrome 25
• 2: Neuropsychological Function and the External Validity of Asperger Syndrome 72
• 3: Motor Functioning in Asperger Syndrome 97
• 4: Social Language Use in Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism 125
• II - Family Genetics and Neurobiological Aspects 157
• 5: Does Asperger Syndrome Aggregate in Families? 159
• 6: Neurofunctional Models of Autistic Disorder and Asperger Syndrome Clues from Neuroimaging 172
• 7: Psychopharmacological Treatment of Higher-Functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorders 210
• III - Related Diagnostic Constructs 229
• 8: Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and Asperger Syndrome 231
• 9: What's So Special About Asperger Syndrome? the Need for Further Exploration of the Borderlands of Autism 254
• 10: Schizoid Personality in Childhood and Asperger Syndrome 278
• IV - Assessment, Treatment and Intervention, and Adulthood 307
• 11: Assessment Issues in Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome 309
• 12: Treatment and Intervention Guidelines for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome 340
• 13: Adolescence and Adulthood of Individuals with Asperger Syndrome 367
• V - Perspectives on Research and Clinical Practice, and Parent Essays 401
• 14: Perspectives on the Classification of Asperger Syndrome 403
• 15: Past and Future of Research on Asperger Syndrome 418
• 16: Parent Essays 433
• Appendix - Useful Internet Addresses 463
• Author Index 465
• Subject Index 479