Peter Szatmari

Peter Szatmari

Peter Szatmari (born 1950) is a Canadian researcher of Autism and Asperger syndrome.

Szatmari is a Professor and Vice-Chair, Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, at McMaster University. He is also the Director of the research training program in the department, and a member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies. Dr. Szatmari is Editor of the journal, "Evidence-Based Mental Health", and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals. [CAIRN: Canadian Autism Intervention Research Network. [http://www.cairn-site.com/bios/szatmari.html Peter Szatmari.] Retrieved on 11 July 2006.]

Szatmari is known for his writings on Aspergers genetics, infant studies, and PET and MRI studies. [Szatmari, Peter. [http://www.geocities.com/autismandpdd/OurStudies.htm Studies in autism/PDD.] Retrieved on 11 July 2006.] He is also known for his diagnostic criteria for Asperger syndrome.Szatmari, P., Brenner, R. and Nagy, J. (1989) Asperger's syndrome: A review of clinical features. "Canadian Journal of Psychiatry" 34, pp. 554-560.]

Szatmari helped to set up the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) team at Chedoke Child and Family Centre, a regional diagnostic and treatment program for children with a PDD diagnosis, in Hamilton, Ontario. [ [http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/psychiatryneuroscience/faculty/szatmari/ McMaster University faculty: Peter Szatmari] .]

Szatmari is currently part of the Autism Genome Project. [ [http://www.offordcentre.com/asd/grants/genome_can.html Genome Canada boosts autism genetics research] ]

Diagnostic criteria for Asperger syndrome

Dr. Szatmari's diagnostic criteria was published in 1989 and covers five main areas: Solitary (i.e. lack of friends), impaired social interaction (i.e. difficulty relating to others), impaired nonverbal communication (i.e. not understanding body language), odd speech patterns (i.e. different use of words), and that it does not meet the criteria for Autistic disorder as defined in the DSM-III-R.

Szatmari suggests that AS was promoted as a diagnosis to spark more research into the syndrome: "It was introduced into the official classification systems in 1994 and has grown in popularity as a diagnosis, even though its validity has not been clearly established. It is interesting to note that it was introduced not so much as an indication of its status as a 'true' disorder, but more to stimulate research ... its validity is very much in question." [Stoddart, K. P. (Editor) (2005). "Children, Youth and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: Integrating Multiple Perspectives". London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 1-84310-268-4. p. 239.]

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