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Validity tests of the executive dysfunction hypothesis of autism

Bruce F. Pennington, Sally J. Rogers, Loisa Bennetto, Elizabeth McMahon Griffith, D. Taffy Reed, and Vivian Shyu

in Autism as an Executive Disorder

Print Publication Year:: Jan 1998

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Aug 2015

eISBN:: 9780191808128

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780198523499.003.0005

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780198523499

Disorder:: Autism and Developmental Disorders

This chapter aims to examine the validity of the hypothesis that executive dysfunction is the primary psychological cause of autism. It reviews work that supports this hypothesis, defines ... More

Assessment and Intervention for Executive Dysfunction

Robert M. Roth, Peter K. Isquith, and Gerard A. Gioia

in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2013

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Jan 2015

eISBN:: 9780190230494

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780199845491.003.0019

Specialty:: Professional Development and Training

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780199845491

Chapter 19 details assessment and intervention for executive dysfunction, including the neural basis of executive functions, assessment of executive dysfunction, and intervention for ... More

Self-Management and Self-Regulation

Mark R. Dixon and Autumn McKeel

in Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Recent Advances and Innovations in Assessment, Education, and Intervention

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2014

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Nov 2015

eISBN:: 9780190466220

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780199941575.003.0008

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780199941575

Disorder:: Autism and Developmental Disorders

This chapter clarifies the ambiguity surrounding the term self-management, provides a behaviour analytic conceptualization, and implications for treatment strategy. Priority concerns ... More

Executive Functions in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Yael Dai and Inge-Marie Eigsti

in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Handbook

Print Publication Year:: Nov 2017

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Dec 2017

eISBN:: 9780190624835

DOI:: 10.1093/med-psych/9780190624828.003.0003

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780190624828

This chapter reviews strengths and weaknesses in executive function (EF) domains, including inhibition, working memory, flexibility, fluency, and planning, in adolescents (age 13–19) with ... More

Towards an executive dysfunction account of repetitive behaviour in autism

Michelle Turner

in Autism as an Executive Disorder

Print Publication Year:: Jan 1998

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Aug 2015

eISBN:: 9780191808128

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780198523499.003.0003

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780198523499

Disorder:: Autism and Developmental Disorders

This chapter explores an executive dysfunction account of repetitive behaviour in autism. It defines repetitive behaviour and the phenomenology of repetitive behaviour in autism, considers ... More

Behavioral and Psychophysiological Investigations of Irritability

Mariah DeSerisy and Christen M. Deveney

in Irritability in Pediatric Psychopathology

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2019

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Mar 2019

eISBN:: 9780190846817

DOI:: 10.1093/med-psych/9780190846800.003.0004

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780190846800

Disorder:: Mood Disorders

A better understanding of neurocognitive mechanisms underlying irritability has the potential to inform treatments and improve quality of life for the children for whom this symptom is ... More

Autism as an Executive Disorder

James Russell (ed.)

Print Publication Year:: Jan 1998

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Aug 2015

eISBN:: 9780191808128

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780198523499.001.0001

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology

Item type:: book

ISBN:: 9780198523499

Disorder:: Autism and Developmental Disorders

Autism continues to fascinate researchers because it is both debilitating in its effects and complex in its nature and origins. The prevalent theory is that autism is primarily ... More

Emotion Regulation and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Blossom Fernandes, Roseann Tan-Mansukhani, and Cecilia A. Essau

in Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2017

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Sep 2017

eISBN:: 9780191841996

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780198765844.003.0006

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780198765844

Chapter 6 describes emotion dysregulation features which are associated with children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In ADHD adaptive emotion ... More

Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment

Sarah E. MacPherson, Sergio Della Sala, Simon R. Cox, Alessandra Girardi, and Matthew H. Iveson

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2015

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Aug 2015

eISBN:: 9780191799327

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780199669523.001.0001

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology

Item type:: book

ISBN:: 9780199669523

Several tests are used in clinical practice and research to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. Improvements in anatomical localization through neuroimaging ... More

Introduction: Fractionating the frontal lobe syndrome

Sarah E. MacPherson, Sergio Della Sala, Simon R. Cox, Alessandra Girardi, and Matthew H. Iveson

in Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2015

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Aug 2015

eISBN:: 9780191799327

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780199669523.003.0001

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780199669523

Evidence from lesion and neuroimaging studies suggests that the frontal lobes can be fractionated into different frontal subregions with distinct functional domains. Some of the evidence to ... More

Adult ADHD Symptoms

Jan Willer

in Could it be Adult ADHD?: A Clinician's Guide to Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2017

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Mar 2017

eISBN:: 9780190256333

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780190256319.003.0002

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Adult Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780190256319

Disorder:: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Understanding the symptoms of adult ADHD is an essential starting place. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders symptoms of ADHD are reviewed, including ... More

Session 9: Learning About Emotion Development

Elizabeth A. Harvey, Sharonne D. Herbert, and Rebecca M. Stowe

in Parenting Hyperactive Preschoolers: Clinician Guide

Print Publication Year:: May 2015

Series:: Programs That Work

Published Online:: Jul 2015

eISBN:: 9780190248369

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780190204631.003.0011

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Psychosocial Interventions and Psychotherapy

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780190204631

Disorder:: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

This chapter outlines session 9 of Parenting Hyperactive Preschoolers. Group leaders provide families with psychoeducation about emotion competence in young children who are hyperactive. ... More

The Evolved Mind

Marco Del Giudice

in Evolutionary Psychopathology: A Unified Approach

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2018

Series:: Other

Published Online:: Jul 2018

eISBN:: 9780190904647

DOI:: 10.1093/med-psych/9780190246846.003.0002

Specialty:: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Adult Psychology

Item type:: chapter

ISBN:: 9780190246846

Disorder:: Mood Disorders

The chapter introduces key ideas from evolutionary psychology, including the concept of psychological mechanisms as functionally specialized adaptations. The chapter then examines three ... More

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Bruce F. Pennington, Sally J. Rogers, Loisa Bennetto, Elizabeth McMahon Griffith, D. Taffy Reed, and Vivian Shyu

in Autism as an Executive Disorder

Robert M. Roth, Peter K. Isquith, and Gerard A. Gioia

in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)

Mark R. Dixon and Autumn McKeel

in Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Recent Advances and Innovations in Assessment, Education, and Intervention

Yael Dai and Inge-Marie Eigsti

in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Handbook

Michelle Turner

in Autism as an Executive Disorder

Mariah DeSerisy and Christen M. Deveney

in Irritability in Pediatric Psychopathology

James Russell (ed.)

Blossom Fernandes, Roseann Tan-Mansukhani, and Cecilia A. Essau

in Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents

Sarah E. MacPherson, Sergio Della Sala, Simon R. Cox, Alessandra Girardi, and Matthew H. Iveson

Sarah E. MacPherson, Sergio Della Sala, Simon R. Cox, Alessandra Girardi, and Matthew H. Iveson

in Handbook of Frontal Lobe Assessment

Jan Willer

in Could it be Adult ADHD?: A Clinician's Guide to Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment

Elizabeth A. Harvey, Sharonne D. Herbert, and Rebecca M. Stowe

in Parenting Hyperactive Preschoolers: Clinician Guide

Marco Del Giudice

in Evolutionary Psychopathology: A Unified Approach

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