To Screen or Not to Screen Universally for Autism is not the Question: Why the Task Force Got It Wrong

Karen Pierce; Eric Courchesne; Elizabeth Bacon

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.004

To Screen or Not to Screen Universally for Autism is not the Question: Why the Task Force Got It Wrong

J Pediatr. 2016 Sep:176:182-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.004. Epub 2016 Jul 12.

Authors

Karen Pierce¹, Eric Courchesne², Elizabeth Bacon²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences and Autism Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. Electronic address: kpierce@ucsd.edu.
² Department of Neurosciences and Autism Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

No abstract available

Keywords: ASD; US Preventive Services Task Force; autism; brain development; early detection; early identification; early treatment; ethics; general population-based studies; screening.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Advisory Committees
Autism Spectrum Disorder / diagnosis*
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Mass Screening / adverse effects
Mass Screening / methods*
Practice Guidelines as Topic

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding