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Name and Degrees

Edward R. Ritvo, M.D.

Major Appointments (Institution, Location, Dates)

  • B.A., Social Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1951

  • M.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1955

  • Internship, Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston, MA, 1956

  • Psychiatry Residency, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, 1956–1958

  • Teaching Fellow in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Tufts Medical School, Boston, MA, 1957–1958

  • Fellowship in Child Psychiatry, James Jackson Putnam Children’s Center, Boston, MA, 1958–1959

  • Chief, Closed Neuropsychiatric Section, US Army Brook General Hospital, Sam Houston, TX, 1958–1961

  • Fellowship in Child Psychiatry, Reiss-Davis Clinic for Child Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, 1961–1962

  • Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor (now Emeritus), Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 1962–Present

Major Honors and Awards

  • The National Society of Autistic Children Annual Award for...

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References and Reading

  • Frankel, F., Freeman, B. J., Ritvo, E., & Pardo, R. (1978). The effect of environmental stimulation upon the stereotyped behavior of autistic children. Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 8(4), 389–394.

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  • Ritvo, E. R., Freeman, B. J., Scheibel, A. B., Duong, T., Robinson, H., Guthrie, D., & Ritvo, A. (1986). Lower Purkinje cell counts in the cerebella of four autistic subjects: Initial findings of the UCLA-NSAC Autopsy Research Report. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 143(7), 862–866.

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  • Ritvo, E. R., Freeman, B. J., Pingree, C., Mason-Brothers, A., Jorde, L., Jenson, W. R., et al. (1989). The UCLA-university of Utah epidemiologic survey of autism: Prevalence. Journal of the American Psychiatric, 146(2), 194–199.

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  • Ritvo, R. A., Ritvo, E. R., Guthrie, D., Yuwiler, A., Ritvo, M. J., & Weisbender, L. (2008). A scale to assist the diagnosis of autism and Asperger’s disorder in adults (RAADS): A pilot study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(2), 213–223.

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  1. Yale University School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ariella Riva Ritvo

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  1. Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar

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Ritvo, A.R. (2015). Ritvo, Edward. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_1871-5

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