Comorbid Conditions Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

327 Pages·2016·4.38 MB·English

by  Johnny L. Matson

Autism and Child Psychopathology
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Johnny L. Matson
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Johnny L. Matson
Editor
Comorbid
Conditions Among
Children with
Autism Spectrum
Disorders
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Editor
Johnny L. Matson
Department of Psychology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
USA
ISSN 2192-922X ISSN 2192-9238 (electonic)
Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
ISBN 978-3-319-19182-9 ISBN 978-3-319-19183-6 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19183-6
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Contents
Part I Overview
1 The History of Comorbidity in Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD) ................................. 3
Micah O. Mazurek
2 Scope and Prevalence of the Problem ............... 27
John F. Strang
Part II Assessment
3 Methods and Procedures for
Measuring Comorbid Disorders:
Psychological ....................................................... 45
Amanda M. Pearl and Susan D. Mayes
4 Methods and Procedures for
Measuring Comorbid Disorders: Medical ........ 65
Paige Cervantes and Jina Jang
5 Methods and Procedures for
Measuring Comorbid Disorders:
Motor Movement and Activity ........................... 91
Ting Liu, Casey M. Breslin and Sayed ElGarhy
Part III Psychological Disorders
6 Challenging Behavior ......................................... 137
Wendy Machalicek, Tracy Raulston,
Christen Knowles, Traci Ruppert,
Amarie Carnett and Fahad Alresheed
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7 Psychopathology .................................................. 171
Vincent Pandolfi and Caroline I. Magyar
8 Feeding Disorders ............................................. 187
Jill C. Fodstad, Sandra McCourt, Lisa R. Minor
and Noha F. Minshawi
9 Sleep Disorders .................................................. 217
Karen McKenzie, Halina Rzepecka
and Iain McClure
10 Epilepsy .............................................................. 235
Colin Reilly and Christopher Gillberg
11 Gastrointestinal Disorders ................................ 257
Geraldine Leader and Arlene Mannion
12 Intellectual Disability ........................................ 283
Nienke Peters-Scheffer, Robert Didden
and Russell Lang
Part IV Motor Movement and Activity
13 Developmental Coordination Disorder ........... 303
John Cairney and Sara King-Dowling
Appendix .................................................................. 323
Index ......................................................................... 325
About the Editor
Johnny L. Matson PhD is a professor and distinguished
research master in the Department of Psychology at the
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. He
has also previously held a professorship in psychiatry and
clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the
author of more than 800 publications including 41 books.
He also serves as founding editor-in-chief of three journals:
Research in Developmental Disabilities (Elsevier),
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (Elsevier), and
Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
(Springer).
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Contributors
Fahad Alresheed Department of Special Education and
Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
USA
Casey M. Breslin Temple University, Philadelphia, PA,
USA
John Cairney Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Neuroscience Family Medicine, Kinesiology and
CanChild, Center for Childhood Disability Research,
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Amarie Carnett Victoria University of Wellington,
Wellington, New Zealand
Paige Cervantes Department of Psychology, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Robert Didden Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud
University, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands
Sayed ElGarhy Fayoum University, Al Fayoum, Faiyum
Governorate, Egypt
Jill C. Fodstad Department of Psychiatry, Indiana
University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Christopher Gillberg Research Department, National
Center for Young People with Epilepsy, Lingfield, Surrey,
UK
Jina Jang Department of Psychology, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Sara King-Dowling Department of Kinesiology,
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Christen Knowles Department of Special Education and
Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
USA
Russell Lang College of Education, Texas State
University, San Marcos, TX, USA
Geraldine Leader Irish Centre for Autism and
Neurodevelopmental Research, School of Psychology,
National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland
Ting Liu Department of Health and Human
Performance, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX,
USA
Wendy Machalicek Department of Special Education
and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
USA
Caroline I. Magyar Department of Pediatrics,
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY,
USA
Arlene Mannion Irish Centre for Autism and
Neurodevelopmental Research, National University of
Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland
Susan D. Mayes Department of Psychiatry, Penn State
College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
Micah O. Mazurek University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO, USA
Iain McClure NHS Lothian, Musselburgh, UK
Sandra McCourt Department of Psychiatry, Indiana
University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Karen McKenzie Northumbria University, Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK
Lisa R. Minor Department of Psychiatry, Indiana
University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Noha F. Minshawi Department of Psychiatry, Indiana
University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Vincent Pandolfi Psychology Department, Rochester
Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
Amanda M. Pearl Department of Psychiatry, Penn State
College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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Nienke Peters-Scheffer Behavioural Science Institute,
Radboud University, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands
Tracy Raulston Department of Special Education and
Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
USA
Colin Reilly Research Department, National Center for
Young People with Epilepsy, Lingfield, Surrey, UK
Traci Ruppert Department of Special Education and
Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
USA
Halina Rzepecka NHS Tayside, Dundee, UK
John F. Strang Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders,
Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.,
USA