title: [Autism: current issues, history and future perspectives].
abstract: Autism affects one hundred thousand individuals in France This syndrome was first described as the earliest form of schizophrenic psychosis. It is now considered to be a biologically based pervasive neurodevelopmental, disorder affecting, from the first days of life, social communication and adjustment to the environment. Advances in the understanding of its clinical neurofunctional and genetic aspects have progressively modified conceptions and practices for diagnosis, exploration and therapeutics. This live-long complex handicap presents major challenges.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Pédopsychiatrie, INSERM UMR 930, CHRU Bretonneau, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, F-37044 Tours Cedex 9.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans