8.5 Assessment and Management of Anxiety in Youth With ASD

Anxiety is a highly prevalent co-occurring condition in youth with ASD and one of the most common concerns reported by parents regarding their child with ASD. Making a diagnosis of anxiety in youth with ASD is complicated by symptom overlap between the 2 conditions, a shortage of validated anxiety i...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 57; no. 10; pp. S134 - S135
Main Author Vasa, Roma A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Anxiety
Autism
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Children & youth
Childrens health
Cognitive ability
Comorbidity
Diagnosis
Disease prevention
Measurement
Medical diagnosis
Prescribing
Social behavior
Youth
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Summary:Anxiety is a highly prevalent co-occurring condition in youth with ASD and one of the most common concerns reported by parents regarding their child with ASD. Making a diagnosis of anxiety in youth with ASD is complicated by symptom overlap between the 2 conditions, a shortage of validated anxiety instruments for this population, and the presence of language, cognitive, and socioemotional impairments. These measurement challenges can confound diagnosis and delay treatments and sometimes result in inaccurate prescribing of medications.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.888