The Female Profile of Autism: A Guide to Clinical Assessment By Isabelle Henault and Annyck Martin . Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 2025. £22.99 GBP. 208 pp. ISBN 978-18399782

princi- ples into clear strategies that can be applied in real-life clinical scenarios. Part 3 offers highly practical guidance on how to conduct each aspect of a female-specific clinical assessment – the Questionnaire for the Diagnostic Assessment of Autism in Females. The inclusion of example answers is particularly helpful, because it demonstrates the kinds of nuanced or subtly masked presentations that clinicians may encounter. In terms of limitations, the book appears to struggle to clarify its audience. Although the title positions it as a clinical text on assessment, it also appears to have a purpose of advocacy and suggests approaches to management, while the narrative section appears more suited to a general audience. Despite this, the book does fulfil its overall aim of providing a clearly defined clinical approach to the assessment of autism in females. It has prompted me to reflect on my own diagnostic reflexes, and to adopt a more deliberate lens when evaluating female patients whose developmental histories appear ‘typical’ at first glance. Petra McLoughlin , Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Email: mcloughlinpetra@gmail.com doi:10.1192/bjb.2025.10201 © The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that no alterations are made and the original article is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press or the rights holder(s) must be obtained prior to any commercial use and/or adaptation of the article. 1 COLUMNS Book Review https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2025.10201 Published online by Cambridge University Press