Autism spectrum disorders in children and adults: the experience of reserches from different countries

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Current studies on the development autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at different ages are reviewed. The review highlights the increasing interest to this problem and converging positions of researchers from different countries, encouraged by the development of international and other classifications of mental diseases, on the terminology, classification and prevalence of ASD in children. An important feature of the present stage is to draw attention to an understudied problem of ASD in adults, including elderly, and provision of medical and social care to these patients.

Keywords:

autism

autism spectrum disorders

clinical variants

medication

pedagogic and psychological help

social support

autism

autism spectrum disorders

clinical variants

medication

pedagogic and psychological help

social support

Authors:

Mukaetova-Ladinska E.B.

University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, UK

Simashkova N.V.

Scientific center of mental health, Moscow, Russia

Mukaetova M.S.

Yahya Kemal College, Skopje, Macedonia

Ivanov M.V.

FGBU "Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva", Sankt-Peterburg

Boksha I.S.

Research Centre of Mental Health

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