James Harris

Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

James Harris is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he is founding director of the Developmental Neuropsychiatry Clinic. He is also a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He served on the American Psychiatric Association committee that wrote the new definition of autism spectrum disorder for the DSM-5.

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Spectrum

By James Harris, Joseph Piven

26 April 2016

10 min read

Correcting the record: Leo Kanner and the broad autism phenotype

The specter of the ‘refrigerator mother’ theory continues to haunt the history of autism. New information puts Kanner’s observations of parents into context.

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Correcting the record: Leo Kanner and the broad autism phenotype

By James Harris, Joseph Piven

26 April 2016 | 10 min read

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