title: Autism: definition, diagnosis, and management.
abstract: Recent investigations have exploded a number of misconceptions about autism. It is not a disease of the upper middle class; nor are parents etiologic agents; the children do not "tune out" but rather they never "tune in"; most important, autism is not childhood schizophrenia, and the diagnostic criteria are discriminating. Management of autism mandates close physician-family-community interactions.
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004519:Education, Special; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D012561:Schizophrenia, Childhood / Q000175:diagnosis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors