Meet the editor

Professor Michael Fitzgerald was the first Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Ireland, specialising in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). He has diagnosed more than 5000 persons with ASDs. He has written many peer-reviewed publications and authored, co-authored and co-edited thirty-four books, some of which have been translated into Japanese, Dutch, and Polish. Professor Simon Baron-Cohen described one of

Professor Fitzgerald's books on autism as, "The best book on autism", and described him as an "exceptional scholar". He has lectured extensively throughout the world, including at The Royal Society/British Academy and the British Library in London. He was the overall winner of the "Excellence in Psychiatry" Award in 2017 and was nominated as one of the top four psychiatrists by Hospital Professional News Ireland. Professor Fitzgerald recently retired to spend more time in Brussels and continues to write on autism.

Contents

**Section 1**

and Practice

*by Michael Fitzgerald*

*by Shaheen Akhter*

*by Yulia Furlong*

*by Michael Beenstock*

*by John Rothman*

**Section 2**

Autism and Gender Identity

Epilepsy: A Common Co-Morbidity in ASD

**Preface XI**

Profile, Controversial Issues, Gender and Co-Morbidity in Autism **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 39**

Neurobiology of Autism **59**

**Chapter 4 61**

**Chapter 5 83**

**Chapter 6 99**

**Chapter 7 133**

Introductory Chapter: Controversial Issues in Autism - Research

Parenting and Reproductive Stoppage in the Psychopathology

Associations between Monocyte Cytokine Profiles and Co-Morbid

Exposure to Xenobiotics and Gene-Environment Interactions

for Recurrence Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Conditions in Autism Spectrum Disorders

L1-79 and the Role of Catecholamines in Autism

in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review *by João Xavier Santos, Célia Rasga and Astrid Moura Vicente*

*by Harumi Jyonouchi and Lee Geng*
