Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (3rd Edition): Diagnosis, Development, Neurobiology and Behaviour
Book Details
- Publisher : John Wiley
- Published : 2005
- Category :
Autism and Aspergers - Catalogue No : 80564
- ISBN 13 : 9780471716969
- ISBN 10 : 0471716960
About the Editor(s)
Fred R. Volkmar, MD, is Goodwin Endowed Chair of Special Education (part time) at Southern Connecticut State University and Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology (part time) in the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine. He has served as Director of the Child Study Center as well as Chief of Child Psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Volkmar was the primary author of the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV autism and pervasive developmental disorders section. He has published several hundred scientific papers and chapters as well as a number of books. He serves as Editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.