Psychiatric comorbidity in autism spectrum disorder: Correspondence between mental health clinician report and structured parent interview.

ABSTRACT: Publicly funded mental health services are critical in caring for children with autism spectrum disorder. Accurate identification of psychiatric comorbidity is necessary for effective mental health treatment. Little is known about psychiatric diagnosis for this population in routine mental health care. This study (1) examined correspondence between psychiatric diagnoses reported by mental health clinicians and those derived from a structured diagnostic interview and (2) identified predictors of agreement between clinician-reported and diagnostic interview-derived diagnoses in a sample of 197 children aged 4-14 years with autism spectrum disorder receiving mental health services. Data were drawn from a randomized effectiveness trial conducted in publicly funded mental health services. Non-a

SUBMITTER: Stadnick N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5226915 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature