Association of Comorbid Mood and Anxiety Disorders With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It is critical to evaluate the risk of comorbid psychiatric diagnoses to meet the needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Objective

To examine whether individuals with ASD are at greater risk for comorbid diagnoses of depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from a population-based birth cohort of 31 220 individuals born in Olmsted County, Minnesota, from January 1, 1976, to December 31, 2000. Patients with research-identified ASD were previously identified using a multistep process that evaluated signs and symptoms abstracted from medical and educational records. For each of the 1014 patients with ASD, 2 age- and sex-matched referents who did not meet criteria for ASD were ran

SUBMITTER: Kirsch AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902186 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature