Mental health challenges impede the well-being of autistic people. This Review outlines
contributing neurodevelopmental and physical health conditions, rates and developmental …

Over 60 years of research reveal that informants who observe youth in clinically relevant
contexts (eg, home, school)—typically parents, teachers, and youth clients themselves …

Validly characterizing youth mental health phenomena requires evidence-based
approaches to assessment. An evidence-based assessment cannot rely on a “gold …

Heterogeneity within autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is recognized as a challenge to both
biological and psychological research, as well as clinical practice. To reduce unexplained …

Family relationships play an essential role in adolescent development. When studying
relationship domains (eg, quality, conflict, communication), researchers typically rely on …

Researchers strategically assess youth mental health by soliciting reports from multiple
informants. Typically, these informants (eg, parents, teachers, youth themselves) vary in the …

Assessing youth psychopathology involves collecting multiple informants' reports. Yet multi-
informant reports often disagree, which necessitates integrative strategies that optimize …

Background Impairment of executive function (EF), the goal‐directed regulation of thoughts,
actions, and emotions, drives negative outcomes and is common across …

There has been a substantial increase in the number of students with mental health needs,
yet significant discrepancies exist in access to timely intervention. Traditional gatekeeping to …

While long described in anecdotal accounts of the lived experiences of autistic individuals,
the phenomenon of behaving in ways that appear inconsistent with the presence of autism …