Autism Spectrum Disorders - Softcover

Eric Hollander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1615370528 ISBN 13: 9781615370528

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

In DSM-5, published in 2013, the classification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was created, subsuming several diagnoses and representing a significant evolution from its first appearance in the DSM-III three decades earlier. Autism Spectrum Disorders reflects this evolution, offering clinicians and families a succinct, definitive, and up-to-date guide to current research in the field and its impact on assessment and treatment. The book begins with the epidemiology of ASDs, which have increased in prevalence, and explores genetic heritability and environmental risk factors. It then explains the roles of the psychiatrist, neurologist and paediatrician in assessing the patient, examines assessment tools and processes, and describes the latest advances in a variety of treatments and interventions.

The text's focus is on educating and empowering families and health care providers to determine whether appropriate genetic testing and counselling have been undertaken, whether the individual has had the relevant assessment, and whether skilled behavioural treatment and additional medical assessment or treatment are required.

Specifically, the text:

• Reviews existing prevalence estimates for ASDs since 2000 and discusses methodological factors impacting the estimation of prevalence and the interpretation of changes in prevalence estimates over time.
• Evaluates genomic and epigenomic research over the last decade in the context of translating findings to practice, in terms of testing (e.g., copy number variants and whole-exome sequencing) and counseling.
• Examines the role of environmental toxicity in immune dysregulation, which has now been noted among individuals with ASD and their family members by numerous studies.
• Reviews medical and cognitive assessments that may be needed.
• Reviews targeted treatments that have the potential to reverse neurobiological abnormalities in ASD
• Reviews behavioral treatments that are effective in promoting development and improving behavior.
• Describes the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based (DIR) model, a comprehensive developmental theory with relevance across the lifespan, which targets the core deficits of ASD identified in DSM-5.
• Provides an overview of school-based interventions for students with autism, exploring the rationale for conducting school-based research and examining existing teacher-, paraprofessional-, and peer-mediated interventions school-based interventions.
• Explores other approaches to ASDs, such as complementary and integrative approaches and non-invasive brain stimulation technologies, including transcranial magnetic stimulation.

The push for early screening is resulting in earlier diagnosis of ASDs and the provision of evidence-based interventions that have a positive impact on outcomes. Autism Spectrum Disorders provides a bench-to-bedside guide that is essential reading for health care providers and families facing the challenges inherent in these complex disorders.

About this title

About the Author

Eric Hollander, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director of the Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Program, and the Anxiety and Depression Program, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.

Randi Hagerman, M.D., is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Medical Director of the UC Davis MIND Institute and Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, California.Deborah Fein, Ph.D., is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Clinical Division Head in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut.

From the Back Cover

Autism Spectrum Disorders serves as an essential guide and concise, focused introduction to the progress and promise of autism research and evidence-based and targeted treatments. Since the initial descriptions by Kanner and Asperger more than 75 years ago of what are now recognized as the autism spectrum disorders, understanding of the neurobiological, psychosocial, and genetic aspects of these disorders has changed radically. The editors have assembled a formidable roster of experts on autism spectrum disorders, as well as on genetics, epidemiology, environmental toxicity, occupational therapy, and other fields that contribute to our understanding of the etiology and treatment of these complex disorders, to create a book that is cutting edge, yet accessible enough to be suitable for families as well as for clinicians.

The book's emphasis on types of assessment, genetic testing and counseling, and medical and psychological treatment will be exceedingly useful to health care providers navigating the new diagnostic criteria introduced in DSM-5, and to parents plotting a course for their child's care. Well-written, authoritative, and evidence-based, Autism Spectrum Disorders fills a void in the literature and meets the needs of a growing audience.

From the Inside Flap

Autism Spectrum Disorders serves as an essential guide and concise, focused introduction to the progress and promise of autism research and evidence-based and targeted treatments. Since the initial descriptions by Kanner and Asperger more than 75 years ago of what are now recognized as the autism spectrum disorders, understanding of the neurobiological, psychosocial, and genetic aspects of these disorders has changed radically. The editors have assembled a formidable roster of experts on autism spectrum disorders, as well as on genetics, epidemiology, environmental toxicity, occupational therapy, and other fields that contribute to our understanding of the etiology and treatment of these complex disorders, to create a book that is cutting edge, yet accessible enough to be suitable for families as well as for clinicians.

The book's emphasis on types of assessment, genetic testing and counseling, and medical and psychological treatment will be exceedingly useful to health care providers navigating the new diagnostic criteria introduced in DSM-5, and to parents plotting a course for their child's care. Well-written, authoritative, and evidence-based, Autism Spectrum Disorders fills a void in the literature and meets the needs of a growing audience.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615370528
• ISBN 13: 9781615370528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Eric Hollander, Randi Hagerman, Deborah Fein