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Anxiety is one of the most common co-occurring psychiatric conditions in youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). This article reviews recent evidence as well as earlier relevant studies regarding the characteristics, assessment, and treatment of anxiety in youth with ASD. Recent findings.
Research suggests that 40% of people on the autism spectrum have significant levels of anxiety or at least one anxiety disorder, although the percentage may actually be much higher. What anxieties do people on the autism spectrum have? Some children on the autism spectrum eventually grow out of their anxieties, just like other children do.
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- Overview
- Diagnostic Criteria for 299.00 Autism Spectrum Disorder
The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) provides standardized criteria to help diagnose ASD.
To meet diagnostic criteria for ASD according to DSM-5, a child must have persistent deficits in each of three areas of social communication and interaction (see A.1. through A.3. below) plus at least two of four types of restricted, repetitive behaviors (see B.1. through B.4. below).
1.Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following, currently or by history (examples are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):
2.Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, ranging, for example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
3.Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction, ranging, for example, from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal communication; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits in understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication.
4.Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships, ranging, for example, from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers.
Specify current severity:
Nov 16, 2020 · Autistic children experience higher levels of anxiety than their peers. Making appropriate diagnoses of anxiety disorders and providing effective treatment for these children is particularly difficult. Inconsistent evidence suggests that levels of anxiety in autistic children are related to intellectual functioning.
- Jessica E. Mingins, Joanne Tarver, Jane Waite, Chris Jones, Andrew D. R. Surtees, Andrew D. R. Surte...
- 10.1177/1362361320953253
- 2021
- Autism. 2021 Jan; 25(1): 18-32.
Feb 19, 2021 · Anxiety disorders are among the common comorbidities of autism spectrum disorder. The reason for this overlap is still under investigation. However, several treatments for anxiety may deliver positive results for people with both anxiety and autism spectrum disorder. What is anxiety? Anxiety is an emotion marked by heightened alertness.
Mar 26, 2018 · As the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- 5th edition states, the core symptom domains of ASD are constituted by deficits in social communication across multiple contexts (deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, non-verbal communication and developing relationships), as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior an...
