Search for dissertations about: "Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders.

2. 1. Screening and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders

   Author : Gudrun Nygren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD ; Prevalence; Early symptoms; Screening; Diagnostic Assessment; M-CHAT; JA-OBS; DISCO; ESSENCE;

   Abstract : Objectives: Develop and examine a new screening and diagnostic framework for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and study the prevalence of ASD in 2-year-old children in Gothenburg. Methods: Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Diagnostic Interview for Social and COmmunication disorders (DISCO) were examined in 91 patients aged 2-40 years referred for assessment of ASD. READ MORE

4. 2. Autism and early development in adults with schizophrenia. Methodological and clinical aspects

   Author : Maria Unenge Hallerbäck; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Schizophrenia; Asperger syndrome; Austism spectrum disorder; ADHD; Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test; Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders; Nicotine;

   Abstract : Background: Typical symptoms of schizophrenia usually appear in young adult life, but problems with social interaction, activity control, motor performance, and cognition have often been noted in childhood. This thesis explores similarities and differences regarding early development between individuals with clinical diagnoses of schizophrenia and Asperger syndrome (a clinical variant of autism spectrum disorder/ASD). READ MORE

5. 3. Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia. Psychiatric and social cognitive aspects

   Author : Tove Lugnegård; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Asperger syndrome; Autism spectrum; Schizophrenia; Autism-spectrum Quotient; Animations Task; Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test; Personality Disorder;

   Abstract : Background: Asperger syndrome (AS) and schizophrenia are psychiatric disorders often implying low global social functioning and a life-long course. Both disorders are of neurodevelopmental origin and genetic factors are prominent. READ MORE

6. 4. Children with autism grow up. Use of the DISCO (Diagnostic Interview for Social and COmmunicative disorders) in population-based cohorts

   Author : Eva Billstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : DISCO; autism; Asperger syndrome; diagnosis; prevalence; outcome; quality of life;

   Abstract : Objectives: Examine the prevalence and outcome of autism in child and adult population cohorts using the Diagnostic Interview for Social and COmmunication disorders (DISCO). Method: The Faroe Islands school population aged 7-18 years (n=7689) was screened for autism and cases raising suspicion were examined and tested. READ MORE

7. 5. Boys with Asperger Syndrome grown up. A longitudinal follow-up study of 100 cases more than 5 years after original diagnosis

   Author : Mats Cederlund; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Asperger syndrome; Autism; medical work-up; neuropsychology; outcome; self-assessment; parent assessment; background factors;

   Abstract : Introduction and aims: In 1981, the diagnostic label of Asperger Syndrome (AS), was coined after the Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger, by the English psychiatrist Lorna Wing, who reintroduced his 1944 work about ?die autistischen Psychopathen im Kindesalter?, so as to have a concept for relatively high functioning individuals with problems in the ?autism spectrum?. Little is known about the risk factors and outcome of AS and whether or not they are different from those of autism. READ MORE