Screening for autism spectrum disorders in adult psychiatric out‐patients: a preliminary report

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) among adult psychiatric out‐patients; to evaluate the efficacy of a new brief screening questionnaire (ASDASQ).

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