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Domenico Berardi

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• Research Article
  Misdiagnosis of High Function Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults: An Italian Case Series
  Author(s): Candida Claudia Luciano, Roberto Keller, Pierluigi Politi, Eugenio Aguglia, Francesca Magnano, Lorenzo Burti, Francesca Muraro, Angela Aresi, Stefano Damiani and Domenico Berardi Candida Claudia Luciano, Roberto Keller, Pierluigi Politi, Eugenio Aguglia, Francesca Magnano, Lorenzo Burti, Francesca Muraro, Angela Aresi, Stefano Damiani and Domenico Berardi
  
  High Function (HF) Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in adulthood is highly prevalent but insufficiently recognized. In Italy, in particular, awareness of this condition is still insufficient and many psychiatrists have no cases of HF ASD to mention. Adult patients with HF ASD come to the attention of Mental Health Services complaining of difficulties within their social context and interpersonal relationships. Objectives: Describe emblematic clinical examples of misdiagnosed HF ASD to understand reasons that conducted to misdiagnosis. Procedure: We contact five specialized Italian Center in diagnosis of ASD. Each center have to describe two or three emblematic cases of adult patient with diagnosis of ASD validated by ADOS-4 but referred to clinicians with another diagnosis, discussing about possible reasons of misdiagnosis. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7890.1000131

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