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Quick facts about ASD and Mental Health

Although rates vary in different studies, most estimate that between 40 per cent and 70 per cent of people with ASD have at least one co-occurring mental health problem.

Common problems include anxiety, depression, and anger. Many struggle with more than one problem.

Mental health problems have considerable impact on people with ASD, their families and friends, and on the larger educational, community, vocational, and healthcare systems.

For more information on ASD and mental health problems, visit:

The Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre has posted some clear information on mental health problems in people with ASD

The UK National Autistic Society describe many occurrences of mental health problems in people with Asperger Syndrome

 

ABOUT THE Autism Spectrum Center France
We aim to identify risk factors related to mental health problems in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, address these factors and associated mental health problems using novel treatments, and study how people with ASD and their family caregivers access mental health care across the country.


Autism Sectrum DisordersAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
 People with Autism Spectrum Disorders have a common set of social, communication, and behavioural difficulties. Many people with ASD struggle with mental health problems.

Supporting OrganizationsSUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
 The Autism Spectrum Center France is supported by a number of stakeholders: People with Autism Spectrum Disorders; their families; health, educational and social service organizations. These stakeholders will shape the research we conduct and help communicate what we learn.

Please see below for a list of research summaries that are freely available to download and share.

 

  • Adults with Autism more likely to have co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions (PDF)
  • A glutamate receptor may be a target for future treatment of some forms of ASD (PDF)
  • Anxiety treatment made specifically for children with autism works better than other treatment programs (PDF)
  • Anxiety and sensory over-responsivity are related to gastrointestinal problems in children with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Attitudes towards the inclusion of college students with intellectual disabilities (PDF)
  • Benefits of cognitive enhancement therapy for verbal adults with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Benefits of mindful parenting in children with autism (PDF)
  • Bullying and victimization in youth with autism spectrum disorders (PDF)
  • Can they see it? Narrower vision in children with ASD (PDF)
  • Caregiver burden for parents of individuals with ASD: Differences across intellectual functioning (PDF)
  • Child behaviour and emotional problems are associated with parent mental health (PDF)
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy may help children with ASD with anxiety (PDF)
  • Community-based respite care may help decrease psychiatric hospitalizations in children with autism spectrum disorders (PDF)
  • Defining crisis in families of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Differences in gut bacteria composition may contribute to some cases of autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Do autistic traits and anger rumination link social anxiety with aggression? (PDF)
  • Do gluten-free or casein-free diets relieve autistic symptoms or problem behaviours in children with ASD? (PDF)
  • Do Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Have Different Support Needs? (PDF)
  • Early sensory over-responsivity in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders as a predictor of family impairment and parenting stress (PDF)
  • Effects of a cognitive-behavioural therapy on anxiety in children with ASD: A randomized control trial (PDF)
  • Effects of risperidone for children and adolescents with ASD (PDF)
  • Emotional and behavioural problems in youth with ASD and how they relate to mothers' mental health (PDF)
  • Examining the relationships of siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (PDF)
  • Fathers' verbal responsiveness more impactful than originally thought on language skills of children with ASD (PDF)
  • Feeling different from others may be linked to depression in youth with Asperger syndrome (PDF)
  • Finding support from others - why do parents of children with autism join support groups? (PDF)
  • Group-based social skills training & individual CBT help improve social functioning and reduce anxiety in teens with ASD (PDF)
  • Group CBT for adults with Asperger syndrome and anxiety or depression (PDF)
  • Group cognitive behavioural therapy and group recreational activity are both beneficial for adults with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Grouping genetic differences of autism spectrum disorder with brain imaging (PDF)
  • How can we predict psychiatric symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder? (PDF)
  • How the immune system may play a role in autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Investigating the successful inclusion of children with ASD in community groups (PDF)
  • Loneliness, friendship and well-being in adults with autism spectrum disorders (PDF)
  • Maternal origin and ethnicity may be related to risk of developing ASD (PDF)
  • Mindfulness therapy helps adults with autism spectrum disorders (PDF)
  • Mothers of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and psychiatric disorders may experience high levels of burden (PDF)
  • Mothers with Chemical Intolerance Associated with having children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (PDF)
  • Oh, Brother: Siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder may demonstrate more emotional and behavioural difficulties (PDF)
  • Parental expressed emotion is related to externalizing behaviours in children and adolescents with ASD (PDF)
  • Parent empowerment and acceptance affect parent mental health (PDF)
  • Peer-led interventions can help reduce stress in mothers of children with autism and with other developmental disabilities (PDF)
  • Physician perspectives on providing primary medical care to adults with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Practitioner beliefs about exercise for children and youth with intellectual developmental disabilities (PDF)
  • Predictors of emergency service use in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder living with family (PDF)
  • Psychiatric-related emergency department visits among children with an autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Psychotropic medication use and polypharmacy in children with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Rates and risk factors of psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders (PDF)
  • Separation of parents raising children with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
  • Sexual behaviours, vocabulary, and orientations in adults on the autism spectrum (PDF)
  • Sexual knowledge and victimization in adults with autism spectrum disorders (PDF)
  • Skills training group for students with autism spectrum disorder: Outcomes of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based program (PDF)
  • Specialized inpatient psychiatry for serious behavioural disturbance in autism and intellectual disability (PDF)
  • Suicide attempts and symptom severity for adults with Asperger syndrome (PDF)
  • Support groups for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders: The role of beliefs and coping styles (PDF)
  • Supporting parents of children with autism: Acceptance and Commitment Training (PDF)