Editors Matthew Siegel, MD and Bryan King, MD recently released a new publication, Acute Management of Autism Spectrum Disorders, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 1st Edition. The “spectrum” in this disorder is Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder. This issue specifically addresses acute management of the extreme behaviors that accompany this disorder spectrum: extreme behaviors, complete lack of communication, inability to learn or express language, etc, and covers in-hospital or residential therapies as well as in-home family involvement. Medical treatment for this disorder is the main focus of discussion in topics such as: Emotional Regulation: Concepts and Practice in ASD; Specialized Inpatient Treatment of ASD; Residential Treatment of Severe Behavioral Disturbance in ASD; Treatment of ASD in General Child Psychiatry Units; Behavioral Approaches to Acute Problems; Communication Strategies for Behavioral Challenges in ASD, along with topics covering Psychiatric Assessment of Acute Presentations in ASD; Sensory Regulation and its Relationship to Acute Problems in ASD; Family Dysfunction, Assessment and Treatment in the context of Severe Behavioral Disturbance in ASD; and Self Injurious Behavior in ASD.
More information, including how to purchase the book, can be found here.
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Whoopee: $99? Sorry, not a professional. Also, “Family Dysfunction” is a bogus heading: what some label dysfunctional may actually be appropriate adaptive behaviour…
Too many children with another special needs diagnosis in the USA are misdiagnosed with autism creating mass confusion among professional about what autism truly is. The hallmark trait of a truly autistic person is the inability to talk, and being in their “own world” though they are intelligent and possess special gifts that often remain undetected due to their inability to speak and appearing intellectually inferior. In fact, many autistic people, even the most severe, are incredibly gifted in areas, that if only they receive the proper treatment, they will progress,