The inadequacy of a categorial approach to mental health diagnosis is now well-recognised,
with many authors, diagnostic manuals and funding bodies advocating a dimensional, trans …

Interoception, the body's perception of its own internal states, is thought to be altered in
autism, though results of empirical studies have been inconsistent. The current study …

It has recently been proposed that measures of the perception of the state of one's own body
(“interoception”) can be categorised as one of several types depending on both how an …

Studies are emerging documenting the experience of fatigue, exhaustion and loss of
functioning that has long been described by autistic adults as autistic burnout. New …

Some studies suggest that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have reduced
emotional empathy while others do not. The presence of co-occurring alexithymia in autism …

Alexithymia—a trait associated with difficulties understanding one's own emotions—is
theorized to stem from deficits in interoceptive awareness, or the ability to detect, accurately …

There is growing interest in “interoception”(ie, detection and interpretation of internal body
signals) as a relevant mechanism contributing to certain symptoms and features of autism …

Despite the high prevalence of depression and other mental illnesses in autistic adults,
screening instruments such as the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) have not been …

Interoception refers to the processing of stimuli originating within the body and is widely
considered a multidimensional construct. However, there remains a lack of consensus …

Interoception has been the subject of renewed interest over the past 2 decades. The
involvement of interoception in a variety of fundamental human abilities (eg, decision …