From Medication to Education - People with autism in adult psychiatry

University dissertation from Certec, Lund University

Author: Eve Mandre; Lunds Universitet.; Lund University.; [2002]

Keywords: NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; neuropsychiatric diagnoses; education; adult education; learning process; Asperger Syndrome; autism spectrum disorders; Autism; Forensic Psychiatric Care Act LRV ; Compulsory Psychiatric Care Act LPT ; Act Concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments LSS ; design; forensic psychiatry; rehabilitation engineering; psychiatric treatment; psychiatry; social learning; special education; developmental psychology;

Abstract: This dissertation concerns the field of applied psychiatry and focuses on the problems that are associated with the care and treatment of adult patients with autism spectrum disorders. The conditions that are described are valid for Swedish psychiatry and cannot be directly generalized to conditions outside of the country.

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