Boys with Asperger Syndrome Grow Up: Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 20 Years after Initial Diagnosis

Autor/inn/en	Gillberg, I. Carina; Helles, Adam; Billstedt, Eva; Gillberg, Christopher
Titel	Boys with Asperger Syndrome Grow Up: Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 20 Years after Initial Diagnosis
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (2016) 1, S.74-82 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-015-2544-0
Schlagwörter	Asperger Syndrome; Psychiatric Services; Neurological Impairments; Developmental Disabilities; Males; Comorbidity; Early Intervention; Adults; Followup Studies; Outcomes of Treatment; Clinical Diagnosis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asperger-Syndrom; Psychiatric care; Psychiatrische Versorgung; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Entwicklungsstörung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium
Abstract	We examined comorbid psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in fifty adult males (mean age 30 years) with Asperger syndrome (AS) diagnosed in childhood and followed up prospectively for almost two decades (13-26 years). Only three of the 50 men had "never" met criteria for an additional psychiatric/neurodevelopmental diagnosis and more than half had ongoing comorbidity (most commonly either ADHD or depression or both). Any psychiatric comorbidity increased the risk of poorer outcome. The minority of the AS group who no longer met criteria for a full diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder were usually free of current psychiatric comorbidity. The high rate of psychiatric/neurodevelopmental comorbidities underscores the need for a full psychiatric/neurodevelopmental assessment at follow-up of males with AS. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01