Mental health challenges faced by autistic people

MC Lai - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 - nature.com
Mental health challenges impede the well-being of autistic people. This Review outlines
contributing neurodevelopmental and physical health conditions, rates and developmental …

Psychotherapy for co-occurring symptoms of depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: A …

RH Wichers, LC van der Wouw, ME Brouwer… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) struggle accessing psychotherapy services
for comorbidities, including anxiety-, depressive-and obsessive-compulsive disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive behavioural therapy to improve social skills in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled …

XR You, XR Gong, MR Guo, BX Ma - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective in treating various neurological
and psychiatric diseases. It improves anxiety symptoms in children with autism spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental issues associated with adolescent school refusal and cognitive-behavioral therapy manuals

D Heyne - Zeitschrift für Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrie und …, 2022 - econtent.hogrefe.com
It is important to consider developmental issues when addressing school refusal (SR) in
adolescence. Referral rates appear to be higher among adolescents relative to children, and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on core aspects of anxiety in anxious youth with autism

M Cervin, EA Storch, PC Kendall, JD Herrington… - Research in Autism …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Anxiety disorders (ADs) are common in youth with autism and
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) may be less efficacious than among anxious youth …

A pilot trial of SPACE (Supportive parenting for anxious childhood emotions) in autism

S Rozenblat, Y Shimshoni, ER Lebowitz… - Child Psychiatry & …, 2023 - Springer
Family accommodation describes changes parents make to their behavior, intended to
alleviate their child's distress, which stems from a psychopathology. In anxiety, studies show …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of integrative autism therapy on multiple physical, sensory, cognitive, and social integration domains in children and adolescents with autism spectrum …

Y Kim, M Kim, C Park, JSH You - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to compare the effects of conventional autism therapy (CAT) and
integrative autism therapy (IAT) in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder …

Parent-led cognitive behavioral teletherapy for anxiety in autistic youth: A randomized trial comparing two levels of therapist support

AG Guzick, SC Schneider, M Kook, JR Iacono… - Behavior Therapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Parent-led cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficient, promising form of therapy that
may be well suited for autistic youth with anxiety disorders, though to date it has been …

Implementing school-based cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety in students with autism or suspected autism via a train-the-trainer approach: Results from a …

J Reaven, K Pickard, AT Meyer, L Hayutin… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Autistic youth frequently experience interfering anxiety, and schools may be an ideal setting
to deliver mental health care. A type 1 hybrid-effectiveness, cluster randomized trial was …

Approaches to improving mental health care for autistic children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Pemovska, S Loizou, R Appleton, D Spain… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Autistic children and young people (CYP) experience mental health difficulties but face
many barriers to accessing and benefiting from mental health care. There is a need to …