Purpose Social anxiety (SA) commonly co-occurs with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is
conceivable that inherent socio-communication impairments, or their impact on social …

Immune molecules such as cytokines and chemokines and the cells that produce them
within the brain, notably microglia, are critical for normal brain development. This recognition …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to synthesize the most recent research on
anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in individuals with autism …

Background Accurate assessment of anxiety symptomatology in autistic children can be
difficult, in part due to a lack of appropriate assessment tools. The newly-developed Anxiety …

Objective A significant proportion of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will
develop an anxiety disorder during childhood. Restricted and repetitive behavior severity in …

Purpose Mental health conditions are known to be more common amongst autistic than non-
autistic people. To date, there is little work exploring gender differences in mental health …

Anxiety has been recognized as a significant presenting feature associated with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) since the first clinical descriptions of ASD, with more recent …

Individuals with autism experience substantially higher rates of mood problems compared to
the general population, which contribute to reduced quality of life and increased mortality …

Sensory hypersensitivity and insistence on sameness (I/S) are common, co-occurring
features of autism, yet the relationship between them is poorly understood. This study …

Background Although a bidirectional relationship between autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
and anxiety symptoms is assumed, few studies have investigated this. Moreover, little is …