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Melissa L McPheeters

Researcher at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Publications -  155
Citations -  8525

Melissa L McPheeters is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Systematic review & Autism. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 153 publications receiving 7411 citations. Previous affiliations of Melissa L McPheeters include Emory University & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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A Systematic Review of Early Intensive Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders

TL;DR: Studies of Lovaas-based approaches and early intensive behavioral intervention variants and the Early Start Denver Model resulted in some improvements in cognitive performance, language skills, and adaptive behavior skills in some young children with ASDs, although the literature is limited by methodologic concerns.
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Parental report of health conditions and health care use among children with and without autism: National Survey of Children's Health.

TL;DR: D markedly higher reports of concurrent conditions and health care use associated with childhood autism is found in this study.
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A Systematic Review of Medical Treatments for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

TL;DR: Evidence supports the benefit of risperidone and aripiprazole for challenging and repetitive behaviors in children with ASDs and insufficient strength of evidence is present to evaluate the benefits or adverse effects for any other medical treatments for ASDs, including serotonin-reuptake inhibitors and stimulant medications.

Closing the quality gap: revisiting the state of the science (vol. 3: quality improvement interventions to address health disparities).

TL;DR: Overall, QI interventions were not shown to reduce disparities, and some increased effect is seen in disadvantaged populations; these studies should be replicated and the interventions studied further as having potential to address disparities.