Autism Research between Psychology and Neuroscience
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Autism Research between Psychology and Neuroscience

From Leo Kanner to New Frontiers

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eBook - ePub

Autism Research between Psychology and Neuroscience

From Leo Kanner to New Frontiers

About this book

This book offers an overview of the history, definitions, and treatments for autism spectrum disorders from 1943 to the present day. Bridging the gap between psychology and neuroscience through a rigorous reconstruction of eighty years of research, the author retraces the emergence of the definition of autism and the description of its characteristics, the history of the diagnosis and standardized classification of ASD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the development of etiological research and therapeutic interventions in medical, psychoeducational, and alternative therapies. The content spans neurology, genetics, psychiatry, and medicine, integrating discoveries from different fields to shed light on relevant factors of the pathology and dynamics of ASD. A useful resource for students and researchers in psychology, psychiatry, special education, and healthcare, this book unveils the latest advances in the field of ASD and discusses the research agenda for the years to come, showcasing multidirectional approaches to improve the quality of life of autistic people.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. Introduction: Autism Research Between Psychology and Neuroscience: From Leo Kanner to New Frontiers
  4. 2. The First Autism: From Kanner’s Definition to the DSM-IV
  5. 3. An Initial Aetiology of Autism: From Early Psychological Theories to the Theory of Correlation with Vaccines
  6. 4. The Autism Characteristic and Symptomatic Picture
  7. 5. Brain Construction and Neurogenesis: A Basis for the Neuroscientific Understanding of Autism
  8. 6. Cranio-Cerebellar Features Typically Found in Persons Diagnosed with Autism
  9. 7. From Criteria to Diagnostic Evaluation: Autism in DSM-5 and DSM-5 TER
  10. 8. The Infrastructure of Psychological Theories of the Second Autism and an Initial Epidemiology
  11. 9. The Neuroscientific Infrastructure of Second Autism Theories
  12. 10. Genetic Research on Autism: From the ‘Autism Gene’ to the ‘Genetic Susceptibility Base’
  13. 11. Etiological and Co-etiological Factors of Autism
  14. 12. Autism Global Emergency: The New Epidemiology, Parenting, Self-Advocacy and Neurodiversity Movement
  15. 13. Therapeutic and Supportive Treatments and Interventions for People Diagnosed with Autism
  16. 14. Music and Autism: New Ways of Research for Neuroscience
  17. 15. The Energy That Makes the Brain Grow from NGF to BDNF the New Frontiers on the Origins of Autism Towards a General Theory and a New Definition
  18. 16. Bringing Everything Home; Autism and Neuroscience: A Possible Future
  19. Correction to: Autism Global Emergency: The New Epidemiology, Parenting, Self-Advocacy and Neurodiversity Movement
  20. Back Matter