Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Foreword
Chapter 2. Epidemiology
Chapter 3. Genomics and Epigenomics
Chapter 4. Environmental Toxicity and Immune Dysregulation
Chapter 5. Psychiatric Assessment and Treatment
Chapter 6. Pediatric and Neurological Assessment and Targeted Treatments
Chapter 7. Cognitive Assessment
Chapter 8. Behavioral Treatment
Chapter 9. Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship Based Model for Assessment and Intervention (DIR Model)
Chapter 10. Autism Interventions in Schools
Chapter 11. Language, Communication and Occupational Therapy Interventions
Chapter 12. Complementary and Integrative Approaches
Chapter 13. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation

About the Author

Eric Hollander, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director of the Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Program, and the Anxiety and Depression Program, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.

Randi Hagerman, M.D., is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Medical Director of the UC Davis MIND Institute and Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, California.

Deborah Fein, Ph.D., is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Clinical Division Head in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut.