Population Health Sciences Institute, Sir James Spence Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;62(6):725-727. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13340. Epub 2020 Oct 27.
Research on mental health in autism has quite rightly flourished over the past fifteen years, and there is now clear evidence that autistic people are at heightened risk of experiencing mental health concerns. Recent research has shown that common mental health conditions may be experienced differently by autistic people, meaning that assessment and intervention techniques that were developed with and for neurotypical individuals are potentially less sensitive and effective for those on the spectrum. The upshot of this work is that we need to get better at all of these aspects of identification, support and intervention and that will only be possible with a clear understanding of the mechanisms of mental distress for autistic people. The work described in Ozsivadjian et al. (2020) makes a welcome addition to this literature. In this commentary, we explore the strengths and limitations of the work and consider its contribution to research and clinical practice in the field of autism and mental health.
自闭症患者心理健康研究在过去十五年间蓬勃发展，目前已有明确证据表明，自闭症患者罹患心理健康问题的风险更高。最近的研究表明，自闭症患者可能会以不同的方式经历常见的心理健康状况，这意味着为非自闭症患者开发和制定的评估和干预技术对自闭症谱系患者的敏感性和有效性可能较低。这项工作的结果是，我们需要在识别、支持和干预的所有这些方面做得更好，而这只有在清楚了解自闭症患者精神困扰的机制的情况下才有可能。Ozsivadjian 等人（2020）的工作为此做出了可喜的贡献。在这篇评论中，我们探讨了这项工作的优势和局限性，并考虑了它对自闭症和心理健康领域研究和临床实践的贡献。
