Clinical and Psychological Aspects of Self-Diagnosed Asperger Syndrome in Adult Patients

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Keywords: Asperger syndrome; self-diagnosis; psycological defenses; subcatatonia; aggravation; scyzotypal disorder; narcissic personality disorder

Journal rubric: Research of ASD

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/autdd.2024220201

Received: 09.06.2023

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For citation: Borodina L.G. Clinical and Psychological Aspects of Self-Diagnosed Asperger Syndrome in Adult Patients. Autizm i narusheniya razvitiya = Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024. Vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 5–13. DOI: 10.17759/autdd.2024220201. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Lyubov G. Borodina, PhD in Medicine, Associate Professor, Chair of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-1569, e-mail: bor111a@yandex.ru

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