Differential Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Two Clinical Cases

Stavropoulos, Katherine Kuhl-Meltzoff; Bolourian, Yasamine; Blacher, Jan

doi:10.3390/jcm7040071

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Differential Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Two Clinical Cases

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Katherine Kuhl-Meltzoff Stavropoulos

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Yasamine Bolourian

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Jan Blacher

University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

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J. Clin. Med. 2018, 7(4), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7040071

Submission received: 20 March 2018 / Revised: 4 April 2018 / Accepted: 5 April 2018 / Published: 8 April 2018

(This article belongs to the Section Mental Health)

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is estimated to affect one in 68 children. Given the increase in both prevalence and awareness of ASD, it is critical to provide accurate and timely diagnosis. However, ASD often co-occurs with other disorders, making diagnosis difficult. The objective of the current case study was to provide two examples of differential diagnosis in ASD and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) observed in an autism clinic. In both cases, the goal was to decide whether each child should be given a diagnosis of ASD, PTSD, or both.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; differential diagnosis

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Stavropoulos, K.K.-M.; Bolourian, Y.; Blacher, J. Differential Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Two Clinical Cases. J. Clin. Med. 2018, 7, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7040071

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Stavropoulos KK-M, Bolourian Y, Blacher J. Differential Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Two Clinical Cases. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2018; 7(4):71. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7040071

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Stavropoulos, Katherine Kuhl-Meltzoff, Yasamine Bolourian, and Jan Blacher. 2018. "Differential Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Two Clinical Cases" Journal of Clinical Medicine 7, no. 4: 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7040071

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Stavropoulos, K. K.-M., Bolourian, Y., & Blacher, J. (2018). Differential Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Two Clinical Cases. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7(4), 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7040071

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