Neurological and psychiatric disorders among autistic adults: a population healthcare record study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Co-occurring psychiatric disorders are common in autism, with previous studies suggesting 54-94% of autistic individuals develop a mental health condition in their lifetime. Most studies have looked at clinically-recruited cohorts, or paediatric cohorts followed into adulthood, with less known about the autistic community at a population level. We therefore studied the prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric and neurological conditions in autistic individuals in a national sample.

Methods

This retrospective case-control study utilised the SAIL Databank to examine anonymised whole population electronic health record data from 2001 to 2016 in Wales, UK (N = 3.6 million). We investigated the prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric and selected neurological diagn

SUBMITTER: Underwood JFG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10482712 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature