Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
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Connecting the senses: an area of difficulty in infants later diagnosed with autism?
Autism Spectrum Disorder, or autism for short, can be diagnosed from around 2-3 years in most cases (although in practice, it is often done much later – for various reasons). It is a neurodevelopmental condition, meaning that in order to understand it we need to understand the underlying developmental processes, in both brain and behaviour.
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Dysregulation profile risk may be identified in infancy
The “dysregulation profile” (DP) describes a child psychopathology construct that measures broad-based, generalised emotional and behavioural dysregulation using the Child Behaviour Checklist
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Children with ASD at heightened risk for maltreatment
A study conducted by researchers at the University of South Carolina is the first to provide empirical evidence from population-level data that maltreatment is elevated in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relative to the general population.
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Professor Francesca Happe – Autism – ‘Future challenges for the science of child psychology and psychiatry’
Recorded lecture from Francesca Happe, at the Wellcome Collection, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #1 of 60
Most cited JCPP paper #1 of 60: Executive functions and developmental psychopathology
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #8 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #8 of 60: Adult outcome for children with autism
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #17 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #17 of 60: BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST FOR IDENTIFYING SEVERELY HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH-LEVELS OF AUTISTIC BEHAVIOR
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #18 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #18 of 60: Autism: Towards an integration of clinical, genetic, neuropsychological, and neurobiological perspectives
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #26 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #26 of 60: Autism and pervasive developmental disorders
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #29 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #29 of 60: How specific are executive functioning deficits in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism?
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