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The Need to Help Parents in the Face of Uncertainty

Elizabeth B. Caronna, MD; Marilyn Augustyn, MD; Barry Zuckerman, MD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(4):406-408.

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More than 30 years ago, parental concerns about their children's development focused on delayed diagnosis of physical disabilities, such as hearing impairment and cerebral palsy. Fortunately, with better training and diagnostic tools, children with these and other physical disorders are now identified early. The next frontier of pediatric developmental morbidity includes more subtle problems of young children, especially socioemotional and communication disorders like autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Appreciating parents' concerns about these disorders and providing assistance is more complex and challenges the primary care clinician both to screen effectively and to offer ongoing insight and support through the diagnostic process and beyond.

This challenge is, in part, spurred by dramatic progress in our understanding of ASDs during the past 10 years, leading to improved diagnosis and treatment. Autism spectrum disorder has been transformed in the public and professional eye from . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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