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Autism Spectrum Disorder Enters the Age of Multidisciplinary Treatment

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The treatments of disorders characterized by patterns of atypical behaviors and development such as those on the autism spectrum are multidimensional, complex, and are often required throughout the life span. Autism spectrum disorder contains its share of contradiction, uncertainty, and disagreement. It is still the case that the incidence of “autistic behaviors” in the general population is not fully understood yet continues to rise (Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2007). Prevalence of the autism spectrum disorders in multiple areas of the United States, surveillance years 2000 and 2002: A report from the autism and developmental disabilities monitoring network (February 8, 2007). Atlanta: Author; Kim, Y. S., Leventhal, B. L., Koh, Y. J., Fombonne, E., Laska, E., Lim, E. C., Cheon, K. A., Kim, S. J., Kim, Y. K., Lee, H. Song, D. H., & Grinker, R. R. (2011). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in a total population sample. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 904–912). The positive and negative predictive powers of specific behaviors related to autism have not been fully investigated relative to diagnosis and treatment response.

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Goldstein, S., DeVries, M. (2013). Autism Spectrum Disorder Enters the Age of Multidisciplinary Treatment. In: Goldstein, S., Naglieri, J. (eds) Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5301-7_1

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