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Screening for autism spectrum disorders in a developmental clinic in the Western Cape : using the modified checklist for autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)

Author: Stephens, Marina Anne Date: 2016 ASD has an estimated prevalence of 1 in 68, making it one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Furthermore, its prevalence is increasing; therefore, there is a rising demand for screening tools to help achieve beneficial ... Read more
Service delivery and its implications for quality of life in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Author: Berghoff, Natalia Marilena Date: 2021 Background. Previously published studies suggest that adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and parents of ASD-diagnosed children experience, independently, poor quality of life (QoL) and poor service delivery. However, few extant studies ... Read more
Social cognition in South African children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Author: Lindinger, Nadine Michelle Date: 2016 Research on the social-cognitive profile of individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has confirmed poorer social skills in these children compared to healthy controls, independent of overall cognitive functioning. However, although ... Read more
Social trauma and the mu-opioid system in depression

Author: Malcolm-Smith, Susan Date: 2011 The overarching thesis under investigation is that the endogenous opioid system plays a key role in depression subsequent to traumatic childhood social experiences. This is suggested by the fact that animal work indicates that mu-opioids ... Read more
Testing Revonsuo's Threat simulation theory of dreaming

Author: Malcolm-Smith, Susan Date: 2005 Revonsuo's Threat Simulation Theory of dreaming asserts that dreaming was selected during human evolution because it has the adaptive function of providing a threat-free context in which threat perception and avoidance can be rehearsed. This ... Read more
The biological bases of social deficits: the roles of social motivation, theory of mind, and selected genotypes (OPRM1, 5-HTTLPR) in autism spectrum disorder

Author: Hamilton, Kate Date: 2020 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a diverse disorder, and the heterogenous range of possible presentations hinders our understanding of its aetiology. Recently there has been a surge of genome wide association studies for ASD, while historically ... Read more
The relationship between childhood attachment, parenting styles and social development in autism spectrum disorder

Author: Carter, Kirsty Date: 2019 Although social deficits are a defining feature in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), not enough is known about the origin and impact of these impairments. Current research agrees that deficits in Theory of Mind (ToM) contribute to the social ... Read more
Theory of mind development : comparing autism spectrum disorder subgroups in light of changing diagnostic criteria

Author: Robberts, Michelle Date: 2011 It has been proposed that autism is fundamentally a disorder of social relatedness. Severe deficits in theory of mind (ToM) - or the ability to understand that other people can have mental states different from our own and that these mental ... Read more
Theory of mind following paediatric traumatic brain injury : a comparative study of South African children

Author: Kilchenmann, Nadine M Date: 2011 “Theory of mind” (ToM) refers to the ability to understand and make inferences about other people’s intentions, feelings and beliefs. The fact that previous research shows an impairment in social competence following traumatic brain injury ... Read more

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