Referral Pattern and Special Interests in Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome: A Turkish Referred Sample

Autor/inn/en	Tanidir, Canan; Mukaddes, Nahit M.
Titel	Referral Pattern and Special Interests in Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome: A Turkish Referred Sample
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 18 (2014) 2, S.178-184 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361312457716
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Asperger Syndrome; Children; Adolescent Attitudes; Referral; Interests; Age Differences; Mental Health; Health Services; Clinical Diagnosis; Attention Deficit Disorders; Hyperactivity; Academic Failure; Information Technology; Intelligence Quotient; Individual Characteristics; Sleep; Language Impairments; Neurological Impairments; Behavior Problems; Mental Disorders; Aggression; Social Behavior; Comorbidity; Turkey; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Asperger-Syndrom; Child; Kind; Kinder; Bildungsinteresse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Psychohygiene; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Hyperaktivität; Informationstechnologie; Intelligenzquotient; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schlaf; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Türkei
Abstract	Objectives: To investigate the most frequent reasons for referral, the most common special interests, age at first referral to a mental health service, and the age of diagnosis in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome living in Turkey. Methods: This study includes 61 children and adolescents diagnosed with Asperger syndrome using strict "DSM-IV" criteria. Results: The mean age at first referral was 7.9 whereas the mean age when Asperger syndrome was diagnosed was 9.9, which is compatible with other studies. The most frequent reasons for the first referral were attention deficits, hyperactivity, and academic failure, and the most common special interest area was "electronic devicess, computer, and technical interests." Conclusions: The types of special interests and referral reasons in our Asperger syndrome sample are very similar to the interest areas and referral reasons of individuals with Asperger syndrome from developed western countries indicating the universality of symptoms. It could be concluded that children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome may refer to mental health services with a variety of symptoms; therefore, it is important to make a detailed assessment of social difficulties especially in school-age children and adolescents for the differential diagnosis of Asperger syndrome. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10