Callous-unemotional traits in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Virginia Carter Leno1, Tony Charman2, Andrew Pickles2

  • 1Virginia Carter Leno, BSc, MSc, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London; Tony Charman, PhD, Department of Psychology, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London; Andrew Pickles, PhD, Department of Biostatistics, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London; Catherine R. G. Jones, PhD, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff; Gillian Baird, FRCPCH, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Newcomen Centre, London; Francesca Happé, PhD, MRC SDGP Centre, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London; Emily Simonoff, MD, FRCPsych, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, London, UK virginia.m.carter_leno@kcl.ac.uk.

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