Full article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21582041.2021.1998589 AccessibleAcademia #AccessibleAcademia Who: Will Mandy Journal: Autism Volume 26 Issue 2 Published: February 2022 Title: Six ideas about how to address the autism mental health crisis (https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211067928) 1/10 The Autism Mental Health Paradox This editorial looks at how autistic people are most likely to need mental health support but least likely toContinue reading “The Autism Mental Health Paradox”
Category Archives: Mental Health
Psychotherapists Knowledge of Autism
1/6Lipinski et al, 2021 Full article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13623613211057973 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Lipinski and colleaguesWhere: AutismPublished: 2021Title: A blind spot in mental healthcare? Psychotherapists lack education and expertise for the support of adults on the autism spectrum Psychotherapists Autism Knowledge Many autistic adults have co-occurring mental health needs. They find that a barrier toContinue reading “Psychotherapists Knowledge of Autism”
Childhood adversity, resilience, and mental health
1/14 Full paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2021.1983416 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: HeseltonJournal: Disability & SocietyPublished: 2021Title: Childhood adversity, resilience, and autism: a critical review of the literature Autism, Childhood Adversity & Resilience Autistic children experience more adversity and more mental health challenges than their non-autistic peers, but this isn’t well understood by researchers or clinicians. AutisticContinue reading “Childhood adversity, resilience, and mental health”
Reliability & Validity of GHQ-12
1/4 #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Mayhew and colleaguesJournal: Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersPublished: 2021Title: An Assessment of the Psychometric Properties of the GHQ‑12 in an English Population of Autistic Adults Without Learning Difficulties Autistic Adults & Measures of Health Autistic people are more likely than non-autistic people to be diagnosed with chronic mentalContinue reading “Reliability & Validity of GHQ-12”
Autistic Depression Assessment Tool
1/4 Full preprint: https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-358997/v1/241993b4-5c3b-40a9-939e-41fdd59ceb96.pdf?c=1622836503 #AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without us Who: Cassidy & Colleagues Where: Research Square Published: 2021 (preprint) Title: Development and Validation of the Autistic Depression Assessment Tool – Adult (ADAT-A) in Autistic Adults. Autistic Depression Assessment Tool Many autistic people experience depression in their lifetime. However, they can find it hard toContinue reading “Autistic Depression Assessment Tool”
PTSD
Autistic people can develop PTSD from events which are not considered to be traumatic by the DSM-V (the manual from which mental health conditions, including PTSD, are diagnosed from). (Although in the UK we use the ICD for diagnosis, much research focuses on the DSM. There is much overlap between the DSM and the ICD).Continue reading “PTSD”
Therapy for Anxiety
1/4 Full article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/pii/S2589537021003229 #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Quadt & ColleaguesWhere: EClinicalMedicinePublished: 2021Title: Interoceptive training to target anxiety in autistic adults (ADIE): A single-center, superiority randomized controlled trial Combatting Anxiety in Autistic Adults 53% of autistic adults meet the criteria for an anxiety disorder, compared to 10-15% of the general population. However, autistic people don’tContinue reading “Therapy for Anxiety”
Mental Health Priorities
Full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361320908410 Learn more about autism & mental health here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=autisticnottingham&set=a.10158422930492634 (Did you know that we are not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/4Full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361320908410#AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without us Who: Benevides andContinue reading “Mental Health Priorities”
Burnout
#AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Raymaker and colleaguesJournal: Autism in AdulthoodPublished: 2020Title: “Having all of your internal resources exhausted beyond measure and being left with no clean-up crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout.Burnout• Chronic Exhaustion• Loss of Skills• Reduced Tolerance to StimuliBurnoutAutistic burnout is a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic life stress and a mismatch ofContinue reading “Burnout”
Autism Acceptance & Mental Wellbeing
Full paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29071566/Learn more about social identity and mental health here: https://www.facebook.com/autisticnottingham/posts/10158422704787634(Did you know that we are not-for-profit? So when you donate, all of your donation goes straight back into the work we do for the Nottinghamshire autistic community! You can donate here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16400#!/DonationDetails) 1/4 Full paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29071566/ #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Cage & colleaguesJournal:Continue reading “Autism Acceptance & Mental Wellbeing”
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