Brereton Avril V, Tonge Bruce J, Einfeld Stewart L
Monash Medical Centre, Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, Vic., 3168, Australia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 Oct;36(7):863-70. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0125-y.
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a specific pattern of behavioural, communication and social problems. Additional mental health problems are often poorly understood and undetected. This study investigates the level and pattern of emotional and behavioural problems in young people with autism compared with children with intellectual disability (ID). Subjects were 381 young people with autism and a representative group of 581 Australian young people with ID aged 4-18 years. Parents/carers provided details of the emotional and behavioural problems of their child using the Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC-P). Young people with autism were found to suffer from significantly higher levels of psychopathology than young people with ID. The implications of this finding are discussed.
自闭症是一种神经发育障碍，具有特定模式的行为、沟通和社交问题。其他心理健康问题往往难以理解且未被发现。本研究调查了自闭症青少年与智力残疾（ID）儿童相比的情绪和行为问题水平及模式。研究对象为381名自闭症青少年以及581名具有代表性的4至18岁澳大利亚ID青少年。父母/照顾者使用发育行为检查表（DBC-P）提供了其孩子情绪和行为问题的详细信息。研究发现，自闭症青少年的精神病理学水平显著高于ID青少年。本文讨论了这一发现的意义。
