Brief Report: Screening Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder for Anxiety and Depression

Autor/inn/en	Nah, Yong-Hwee; Brewer, Neil; Young, Robyn L.; Flower, Rebecca
Titel	Brief Report: Screening Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder for Anxiety and Depression
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48 (2018) 5, S.1841-1846 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nah, Yong-Hwee)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-017-3427-3
Schlagwörter	Screening Tests; Rating Scales; Anxiety Disorders; Stranger Reactions; Depression (Psychology); Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Comorbidity; Adults; Cohort Analysis; Severity (of Disability); Scores + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Screening-Verfahren; Rating-Skala; Fremdenprüfung; Autismus; Kohortenanalyse; Schweregrad
Abstract	Although depression and anxiety are the most common comorbidities in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), descriptive data for their prevalence among autistic adults are limited. This study provides descriptive data for a cohort of 155 autistic adults (mean age = 27.1 years, SD = 11.9) of average IQ on the short-form version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales and the Mini Social Phobia Inventory. Also included were 79 non-ASD participants (mean age = 26.2, SD = 10.2) who completed the mini-SPIN. A substantial percentage (39-46%) of autistic adults scored within the 'Moderate' to 'Extremely Severe' range on the DASS-21. The DASS-21 would be a valuable rapid screening device for these comorbid conditions in autistic adults. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01