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Mental Disorders: Anxiety Disorders | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Autism Spectrum Disorders | Bipolar Disorder | Child Behavior Disorders | Depression | Dissociative Disorders | Eating Disorders | Factitious Disorders | Impulse Control Disorders | Mental Retardation | Personality Disorders | Reactive Attachment Disorder | Schizophrenia | Sexual Disorders | Somatoform Disorders

Substance Abuse: General Substance Abuse | Substance Abuse by Juveniles |Treatment of Substance Abuse | Specific Abused Substances

Other Topics: General Mental Health | Treatment of Mental Disorders | Grief | Stress | Suicide | Co-Dependency and Dysfunctional Families

Autism Spectrum Disorders

(Jump to: General Information | Diagnosis | Organizations | Special Considerations | Treatment | Vaccines & Autism

Specific Disorders: Asperger Syndrome | Autism | Childhood Disintegrative Disorder | Multisystem Developmental Disorder | PDD-NOS | Rett Syndrome )

	Organizations
	Autism Society of America (ASA)
	Autism Speaks
	Autism Research Institute
	MAAP Services for the Autism Spectrum
	National Autistic Society, UK
	Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS)

	General Information
	Autism Overview: What We Know:NICHD [PDF] [Order printed copy]
	Autism Spectrum Disorders:NICHD
	Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders):NIMH [Order printed copy]
	FAQs About Pervasive Developmental Disorders:Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic
	Autism and Asperger Research Reports:Stanford University Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
	Autism Information Center:CDC
	Autism Research:CDC

	Diagnosis
	Detect Autism Early. Learn the Signs of Healthy Child Development:CDC
	ASD Video Glossary (videos of early red flags and diagnostic features):Autism Speaks
	Access to the videos requires an email_address/password. Your can register your own or use healthlibrary@stanfordmed.org/stanford
	Screening and Diagnosis:CDC
	Diagnosis and Consultation:ASA
	Diagnosis:National Autistic Society
	Diagnosis/Classification:Autism and Asperger Research Results
	Reports Help Pediatricians Identify and Manage Autism Earlier:AAP
	Pervasive Developmental Disorders : Finding a Diagnosis and Getting Help:netLibrary

	Treatment of Autism
	What to Do About It:Autism Speaks
	Treatment Overview:ASA
	Treatment and Therapy:CDC
	Approaches, Therapies and Interventions:National Autistic Society
	Treatment of Autism:Autism Research Institute
	Therapy:Autism and Asperger Research Results
	Learning Approaches:ASA
	Biomedical and Dietary Approaches:ASA
	Autism Spectrum Disorders Resource Guide:Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.

	Vaccines and Autism
	Facts for Parents About Autism and Vaccine Safety:American Academy of Pediatrics
	Autism and the MMR Vaccine:NICHD
	MMR Vaccine and Autism:CDC
	Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism:Institute of Medicine
	Autism and Vaccination:University of Sunderland, UK

	Special Considerations
	The Use of Medication for People With Autism:University of Sunderland
	Mental Health and (Autism or) Asperger Syndrome:National Autistic Society
	Surgical Anesthesia and Autism:Autism Research Institute
	Dental Anesthesia for the Autistic Child:Autism Research Institute
	Your Child: Out and About:National Autistic Society

	Autism
	General Information
	Autism Fact Sheet:NINDS
	What is Autism?:Autism Speaks
	NICHCY Connections... to Autism Resources:NICHCY
	Science News About Autism:NIMH
	Children With Autism : Diagnosis and Interventions to Meet Their Needs:netLibrary
	Children With Autism and Asperger Syndrome : A Guide for Practitioners and Carers :netLibrary
	Autism and Genes:NICHD [PDF]
	Autism Overview:GeneReviews
	Autism:MedlinePlus
	Living with Autism
	Living With Autism:ASA
	How to Cope:Autism Speaks
	How to Grow With It:Autism Speaks
	Education:ASA
	The Importance of an Appropriate Education:Autism Education Network
	Everything You Need to Know When a Brother or Sister Is Autistic:netLibrary [for Teens]

	Asperger Syndrome
	Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet:NINDS
	Asperger Syndrome:NICHD
	Asperger's Syndrome:Autism Speaks
	Asperger's Disorder:ASA
	NICHCY Connections... to Aperger Syndrome:NICHCY
	Asperger's Syndrome:MedlinePlus

	Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
	Childhood Disintegrative Disorder:Mayo Clinic
	CDD:Autism Speaks
	NICHCY Connections... to Childhood Disintegrative Disorder:NICHCY

	Multisystem Developmental Disorder
	Multisystem Developmental Disorder:American Academy of Pediatrics

	PDD-NOS
	PDD-NOS:Autism Speaks
	NICHCY Connections... to PDDNOS:NICHCY

	Rett Syndrome
	Rett Syndrome:Autism Speaks
	See also Nervous System and Brain, Degenerative Nervous System Diseases, Rett Syndrome

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