Autism: The Science of Mental Health

by Steven E. Hyman

First published in 2001. This is Volume 2 in a series on the science of mental health and focuses on Autism. It begins with an overview presentation of a case and a recent consensus description of diagnostic instruments for autistic-spectrum disorders. This is followed by recent epidemiologic data. Epidemiology has an enhanced prominence in studies of autism because there is an unresolved controversy about the incidence of new cases of autism. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815337450
• ISBN13: 9780815337454
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"