Disparities in Diagnoses Received Prior to a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Mandell, David S.; Ittenbach, Richard F.; Levy, Susan E.; Pinto-Martin, Jennifer A.
Titel	Disparities in Diagnoses Received Prior to a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37 (2007) 9, S.1795-1802 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-006-0314-8
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Identification; Ethnicity; Autism; Behavior Disorders; Clinical Diagnosis; Eligibility; Health Insurance; Whites; Children; Attention Deficit Disorders; Hyperactivity; Adjustment (to Environment); Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Ethnizität; Autismus; Eignung; Krankenversicherung; White; Weißer; Child; Kind; Kinder; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Hyperaktivität; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	This study estimated differences by ethnicity in the diagnoses assigned prior to the diagnosis of autism. In this sample of 406 Medicaid-eligible children, African-Americans were 2.6 times less likely than white children to receive an autism diagnosis on their first specialty care visit. Among children who did not receive an autism diagnosis on their first visit, ADHD was the most common diagnosis. African-American children were 5.1 times more likely than white children to receive a diagnosis of adjustment disorder than of ADHD, and 2.4 times more likely to receive a diagnosis of conduct disorder than of ADHD. Differences in diagnostic patterns by ethnicity suggest possible variations in parents' descriptions of symptoms, clinician interpretations and expectations, or symptom presentation. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10