在成年人中诊断自闭症:临床专注的建议
Antonio F Pagán1, Daniel D Flint2,3, Katherine A Loveland1
1UTHealth Houston.
Journal of health service psychology
|December 25, 2025
概括
晚期诊断成年人患有自闭症谱系障碍可能会影响生活质量. 这篇论文指导临床医生在评估成年人自闭症时,考虑掩盖和并发症,并为更好的结果量身定制治疗方法.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 成人精神病学是一门专业.
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 在儿童时期往往没有被诊断出来.
- 儿童期错误诊断与同时出现的疾病和成人生活质量下降有关.
- 成年人可能在ASD评估中遇到独特的挑战,包括症状掩盖和性别/性别差异.
研究的目的:
- 为执业临床医生提供简洁,最新的信息,用于评估潜在自闭症谱系障碍的成年人.
- 要突出临床医生在成人自闭症评估期间应考虑的关键因素.
- 引导治疗提供者为新诊断的自闭症成年人量身定制干预措施.
主要方法:
- 关于成年自闭症谱系障碍评估的当前文献的综述.
- 考虑成人诊断的具体因素,如掩盖和性别/性别变化.
- 强调使用多特征评估方法.
主要成果:
- 成年自闭症评估需要注意"掩盖"症状.
- 家庭关于发育史的报告是有价值的,如果有.
- 同时出现的心理健康状况是常见的,需要管理.
结论:
- 早期识别和诊断自闭症谱系障碍对于改善成人结果至关重要.
- 临床医生应该对成年人采用全面的评估策略.
- 对自闭症成年人来说,个性化心理教育和基于证据的治疗是必不可少的,特别是那些患有并发症的人.
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