One initiative to pinpoint autism cases earlier than is now the case is to train pediatricians to conduct screenings. Read a description of this effort in Psychiatric News at http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/16/16.1.full. And for an in-depth review of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of autism, see the Textbook of Autism Spectrum Disorders, from American Psychiatric Publishing. Information on this book is posted at www.appi.org/SearchCenter/Pages/SearchDetail.aspx?ItemId=62341.
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