Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Autistic Youth's Psychotherapy Service Use.

ABSTRACT: Autistic youth have a high co-occurrence of mental health challenges and a resultant high need for mental health treatment. However, they experience mental health service disparities compared to non-autistic youth. Social determinants of health (SDH) may contribute to mental health service disparities among autistic youth, yet this has not been previously examined. Therefore, the present study utilized a validated composite of children's SDH to examine whether autistic youth with better SDH were more likely to use psychotherapy services compared to those with poor SDH using state-level records of insurance billing claims data (2019 All-Payer Claims Database). 700 autistic youth with a co-occurring mental health condition were included in analyses. One or more claim records for psychotherap

SUBMITTER: Smith JV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12310900 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature