简要报告:精神健康和幸福度跨越自闭症评估经验
Philippa Tivey1,2, Lisa Blatchford1,3, Phoebe Kaspar4
1Centre for Developmental Science, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
|April 25, 2025
概括
转诊自闭症评估的年轻人往往会遇到严重的心理健康挑战,如焦虑和抑郁. 然而,评估过程本身并没有使这些症状恶化,这表明及时评估至关重要.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
背景情况:
- 年轻人越来越多地被转诊进行自闭症评估,这与心理健康问题相吻合.
- 了解自闭症评估期间心理健康的发展轨迹对于支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在接受自闭症评估的年轻人中纵向评估心理健康,福祉和生活质量.
- 研究自闭症评估过程对心理健康结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 一组由27名年轻人及其父母/照顾者组成的队列填写了经过验证的问卷.
- 数据收集发生在三个关键点:评估前,评估期间和诊断后三个月.
主要成果:
- 临床上显著的心理健康问题普遍存在,年轻人报告的症状比父母更严重.
- 父母报告的症状影响是显著的,心理健康与生活质量相关.
- 没有证据表明评估过程对参与者的心理健康或福祉产生了负面影响.
结论:
- 等待自闭症评估的年轻人面临着需要全面评估的持久且具有影响力的心理健康困难.
- 由于担心心理健康状况恶化,推迟自闭症评估并未得到群体级数据的支持.
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