在成人精神病学中对自闭症的评估
Samuel Tromans1, Pushpal Desarkar2
1Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; and Adult Learning Disability Service, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
BJPsych open
|August 8, 2023
概括
患有自闭症谱系障碍的成年人经常经历并发的精神疾病. 这项研究比较了瑞典精神病诊所的自闭症和非自闭症成年人的精神病诊断和功能.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 是一种神经发育状况,其特点是社会沟通缺陷和限制性,重复性行为.
- 同时出现的精神疾病在自闭症成年人中非常普遍,可能会影响整体功能.
- 了解这些并发症对于有效的临床管理和支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查成年人被诊断患有自闭症谱系障碍的同时出现的精神疾病的发生率.
- 为了比较自闭症成年人的功能结果与他们的非自闭症同龄人.
- 提供对这种临床群体内的特定精神病并发症和功能概况的见解.
主要方法:
- 从瑞典精神病学门诊诊所的患者记录进行了回顾性分析.
- 将符合DSM-5自闭症谱系障碍标准的个体与非自闭症个体的对照组进行比较.
- 评估同时出现的精神病诊断和标准化的功能测量.
主要成果:
- 与非自闭症同龄人相比,自闭症成年人表现出不同同时出现的精神疾病的比率显著更高.
- 在自闭症患者群体中发现了特定的并发症模式.
- 两组之间观察到功能结果的差异,突出显示了并发症的影响.
结论:
- 这些发现强调了寻求精神病治疗的自闭症成年人中精神病并发症的高负担.
- 这些并发症显著影响自闭症个体的功能.
- 临床实践应优先考虑对自闭症成年人并发症的综合评估和管理.
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