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Neurodevelopmental assessment, the basics – Dr. Max Davie
Dr. Max Davie, Community Paediatrician specialising in child development, gives a talk as part of the ACAMH educational series of talks on neurodevelopmental assessment. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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Most cited CAMH paper #7 of 25: Measurement Issues: Screening and diagnostic instruments for autism spectrum disorders – lessons from research and practise
Tony Charman, Katherine Gotham.
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Key Practitioner Message includes; Screening and diagnostic instruments help clinicians least in the cases where they are most in want of direction as their accuracy will always be lower for marginal cases -
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Editorial
This edition of The Bridge focusses on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and emotions: are we missing something?
A higher prevalence of mental health difficulties for autistic people has been demonstrated, we need to ask ourselves why. Increasingly research is highlighting the differences between autistic and neurotypical (NT) emotional development.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder edition
This edition of ‘The Bridge’ focusses on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Both of these can resemble each other with the over-focus, special interests and anxieties seen in ASD resembling the obsessions of OCD, and the routines, rituals and need for order and sameness that can be seen in ASD resembling the compulsions in OCD.
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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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In Conversation… Autism Diagnosis Trends
The first prevalence studies estimated one in 2,500 children were autistic whereas the latest figures indicate around one in every 39 children is reported to have an autism diagnosis. Dr Ginny Russell discusses why we may have seen such an exponential increase.
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Autism Symposium with Dr Ann Ozsivadjian
Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian on ‘Cognitive pathways to mental health problems in ASD’.
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ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder that affects how people perceive the world and interact with others. People on the autism spectrum may have difficulties with social communication, social interaction and restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviours, activities or interests.
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