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Michael Rutter
Researcher at King's College London
Publications - 684
Citations - 158378
Michael Rutter is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Autism & Conduct disorder. The author has an hindex of 188, co-authored 676 publications receiving 151592 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Rutter include VCU Medical Center & Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
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Autism and pervasive developmental disorders: Concepts and diagnostic issues
Michael Rutter,Eric Schopler +1 more
TL;DR: The validity of the syndrome is reviewed based on the last review (Rutter, 1978; Schopler, 1978), and controversies over both the boundaries and the heterogeneity within the autism syndrome are evaluated.
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Attainment and Adjustment in Two Geographical Areas: III—Some Factors Accounting for Area Differences
TL;DR: Large differences have been found between the Isle of Wight and a (former) inner London borough (ILB) with respect to the rates of emotional (neurotic) disorders, conduct disorders and specific reading retardation in ten-year-old boys and girls.
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Specificity and heterogeneity in children's responses to profound institutional privation
TL;DR: Attachment problems, inattention/overactivity, quasi-autistic features and cognitive impairment were associated with institutional privation, but emotional difficulties, poor peer relationships and conduct problems were not.
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Proceeding From Observed Correlation to Causal Inference: The Use of Natural Experiments
TL;DR: Fifteen possible types of natural experiments that may be used to test causal inferences with respect to naturally occurring prior causes (rather than planned interventions) are described and it is concluded that, taken in conjunction, natural experiments can be very helpful in both strengthening and weakening causalinferences.
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The characteristics of situationally and pervasively hyperactive children: implications for syndrome definition
TL;DR: P pervasive hyperactivity, a clinically distinctive behaviour pattern, was strongly associated with general behavioural disturbance, persistence of overall disorder and marked cognitive impairment, indicating the importance of identifying the type of hyperactivity.