Rachel Symons summarises a qualitative study that explores the relationship between autism and social anxiety in male adults.
[read the full story...]Autism and social anxiety: qualitative research shows how we can help
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What causes Autistic Spectrum Disorder?
Ben Janaway explores a recent review in JAMA Psychiatry on the emerging clinical neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
[read the full story...]“Are you neurotypical?” How autistic people compensate to fit in
Eloise Stark examines a recent qualitative study that looks into compensatory strategies in autism. An online questionnaire asked a wide range of participants to self-report their use and experiences of compensatory strategies. The findings are illuminating.
[read the full story...]Young people with autism suffer poorer sleep quality than their peers
A group of UCL Masters students summarise a systematic review and meta-analysis of subjective and objective studies, which explores sleep problems in young people with autism spectrum disorders.
[read the full story...]Autism and psychiatrists: experience, knowledge and attitudes revealed in new survey
Eloise Stark looks at a recent online survey which seeks to understand psychiatrists’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences in identifying and supporting their patients on the autism spectrum.
[read the full story...]How many ways do they need to say it? Young autistic people need support for their mental health.
Vaso Totsika’s blog considers a study by Crane and colleagues, which seeks to further our understanding of how young autistic people experience the world of service provision in relation to their mental health needs, and in particular at the time of transition from child to adult services.
[read the full story...]CBT may help to improve emotion regulation in children with autism
James Cusack from Autistica writes his debut elf blog on a new RCT of CBT to improve emotion regulation in children with autism, published recently in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
[read the full story...]Serious games for mental health: you cannot be serious!
Sasha Danilina is encouraged by the results of the first systematic review with meta-analysis of serious games for mental health, which asks: are they accessible, feasible and effective?
[read the full story...]Early life deprivation, neurodevelopment, mental health and resilience: ERA study
André Tomlin summarises the latest instalment of the ERA (English and Romanian Adoptees) study, which explores the neurodevelopmental and mental health trajectories of Romanian orphans who experienced severe levels of early life deprivation.
Today’s blog features a podcast interview with lead author of the ERA study: Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke.
[read the full story...]Substance misuse and addiction in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Andrew Jones summarises a recent Canadian cohort study, which explores the extent of substance misuse and addictive disorders among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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