Mental Health Crisis in Youth With ASD

This Symposium’s goal is to provide guidance to the child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in assisting families who are struggling to manage their child with ASD and in crisis. Evidence shows that almost 70% of youth with ASD have one form of mental illness, 56% of individuals with A...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 57; no. 10; p. S272
Main Authors Vasa, Roma A., Siegel, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Aggressiveness
Autism
Caregivers
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Crisis intervention
Effects
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Private practice
Self-injury
Suicidal ideation
Suicide
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Summary:This Symposium’s goal is to provide guidance to the child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in assisting families who are struggling to manage their child with ASD and in crisis. Evidence shows that almost 70% of youth with ASD have one form of mental illness, 56% of individuals with ASD have a history of aggression toward their caregivers, 30% are found to engage in self-injurious behaviors, and 49% have a history of elopement. Individuals with ASD are also 28 times more likely to report suicidal ideation.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.628