Autism, Brain and Environment
Book Details
- Publisher : Jessica Kingsley
- Published : January 2006
- Category :
Autism and Aspergers - Catalogue No : 89536
- ISBN 13 : 9781843104384
- ISBN 10 : 1843104385
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This important and groundbreaking text provides a closely-argued scientific case for the involvement of both environmental and physiological factors in autism. Lathes argument will also have a direct impact on treatment strategies and options. It will be of great interest to the scientific community, professionals, researchers, political and environmental lobbyists, teachers, psychologists, and parents and people with ASDs.
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The increasing number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) cannot simply be explained by changes in diagnostic criteria or greater awareness of the condition. In this controversial new book, Richard Lathe contends that the recent rise in cases of ASDs is a result of increased exposure to environmental toxicity combined with genetic predisposition.
'Autism, Brain, and Environment' proposes that autism is a disorder of the limbic brain, which is damaged by toxic heavy metals present in the environment. Lathe argues that most ASD children have additional physiological problems and that these, far from being separate from the psychiatric aspects of ASD, can produce and exacerbate the condition.
'Richard Lathe has written a remarkable synthesis of the biomedical evidence relevant to understanding the causes of autism spectrum conditions. As an excellent scientist, he is concerned with achieving an objectivity in his review of a very large number of studies. He draws on evidence from the diverse fields of genetics, endocrinology, immunology, toxicology, virology, and neuroscience, to name just a few.
There are few individuals with his grasp of the basic science who could have pulled off such a masterly review. He balances his theory of environmental (heavy metal toxicity) factors with a recognition of genetic susceptibility factors. His book will be of great value to researchers, as well as to parents or people with an autism spectrum condition, who are interested in a serious summary of the science of autism.'
- Simon Baron-Cohen
Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at Cambridge University and Director of the Autism Research Centre, Cambridge
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