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Prevalence of Asperger's syndrome in a secure hospital.
Peter Scragg,Amitta Shah +1 more
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The prevalence of AS in Broadmoor Hospital is greater than that reported for the general population, and the addition of equivocal cases increased the prevalence to 2.3%.Abstract:
BACKGROUND The hypothesis that Asperger's syndrome (AS) may go unrecognised in forensic populations was examined by ascertaining the prevalence in Broadmoor Special Hospital.
METHOD The entire male patient population was screened by examination of case notes. Identified cases were subject to the next stage of the study, which involved observation and interviewing of patients, and a semi-structured interview of key staff.
RESULTS A prevalence of 1.5% (0.6% to 3.3%, 95% CI) was found. The addition of equivocal cases increased the prevalence to 2.3%.
CONCLUSION The prevalence of AS in Broadmoor Hospital is greater than that reported for the general population.read more
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The epidemiology of Asperger syndrome. A total population study
TL;DR: A total population study of Asperger syndrome using a two-stage procedure and findings obtained using Szatmari et al.'s and ICD-10 draft criteria for the disorder are described.
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Asperger syndrome--some epidemiological considerations: a research note.
TL;DR: It is concluded that among children with normal intelligence, rates of 10-26 per 10,000 children are minimum figures and the combination of Asperger syndrome and mild mental retardation is shown.
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Asperger syndrome in adulthood.
TL;DR: In this paper, a twelve-year-old boy with Asperger syndrome wrote a letter to his mother to explain his quite unprecedented emotional distress when the family cat died, describing the feeling of being trapped in a "vicious circle".
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The relationship between Asperger's syndrome and Kanner's autism.
TL;DR: A year before Asperger's first on ‘autistic psychopathy’ appeared, Kanner (1943) published his famous first account of eleven children with a pattern of abnormal behaviour that he decided to call ‘early infantile autism’.
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Systematic recording of behaviors and skills of retarded and psychotic children.
Lorna Wing,Judith Gould +1 more
TL;DR: The design, administration, and scoring of the first edition of the Children's Handicaps, Behavior & Skills (HBS) structured interview schedule, intended to elicit information concerning mentally retarded or psychotic children, are described.