The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Disorders

Patricia Howlin PhD is Professor of Clinical Child Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London. Mohammad Ghaziuddin is an Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA.

Over the last four decades, breakthroughs in genetic knowledge, together with the emergence of disciplines devoted to the scientific study of developmental disorders have resulted in much greater awareness of the many different behavioural and genetic phenotypes involved. It is now evident that not only do different disorders have different causes and different manifestations, but different neurological and biochemical bases, different responses to intervention, and different life courses.

PART ONE: OVERVIEWIntroduction - Patricia Howlin, Tony Charman and Mohammad GhaziuddinPART TWO: DISORDERS WITH A KNOWN GENETIC CAUSEDown Syndrome: General Overview - Deborah J. Fidler and Lisa DaunhauerDown Syndrome: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention - Janet CarrFragile X Syndrome: Medical and Genetic Aspects - R.J. Hagerman et alFragile X Syndrome: Life Course and Strategies for Intervention - Andrea Schneider and David HesslWilliams Syndrome: Overview and Recent Advances in Research - Daniela Plesa Skwerer and Helen Tager-FlusburgPrader-Willi Syndrome - Joyce Whittington and Anthony HollandAngelman Syndrome - Bernard Dan and Karine Pelc Rett Disorder - Alison Kerr and Hayley ArcherSmith-Magenis Syndrome - Jenny Sloneem and Orlee Udwin Tuberous Sclerosis Complex - Petrus J de Vries Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome/ 22q11 Deletion Syndrome - Frederick Sundram and Kieran C MurphyCornelia de Lange, Cri du Chat and Rubistein Taybi Syndromes - Chris Oliver et alPART THREE: DISORDERS WITH COMPLEX OR AS YET UNKNOWN CAUSESAttention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder - Timothy E Wilens and Thomas J Spencer Autism Spectrum Disorders: General Overview - Catherine Lord, So Hyun Kim and Adriana DiMartinoAutism Spectrum, Disorders: Interventions and Outcomes - Patricia Howlin and Tony CharmanDevelopmental Language Disorders: Overview - Courtenay Frazier NorburyDevelopmental Language Disorders: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention - Rhea Paul and Kimberly GilbertIntellectual Disability: Concepts, Definitions and Assessment - Cory Shulman et alIntellectual Disability: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention - Jane McCarthy and Nick BourasThe Disintegrative Disorders - Fred R VolkmarEpileptic Disorders - Ian Miller and Roberto TuchmanTourette Syndrome - Mary M Robertson and Andrea E CavannaPART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED DISORDERSAcquired Brain Injury during Childhood - Anna Mandalis, Frank Muscara, and Vicki AndersonFoetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - Kieran D O¿MalleyPreterm and Low Birth Weight Babies - Dieter WolkeExtreme Deprivation - Michael Rutter and Camilla Azis-Clauson