Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Nov;53(11):4214-4228. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05722-9. Epub 2022 Sep 9.
Autistic youth have an increased risk of mental health problems. Despite the efficacy of various psychotherapeutic approaches for autistic youth, they often do not receive these interventions. Research is needed to identify patterns of effective treatment for autistic youth and whether they differ from those used for youth with other neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHD). We compared clinicians' (N = 557) knowledge, confidence and practices when treating autistic youth and youth with ADHD. Although ratings were moderately high overall and similar interventions were used for both groups, clinicians were significantly less knowledgeable and confident when supporting autistic clients compared to clients with ADHD. Thus, improving clinician perspectives may help facilitate treatment for autistic youth with mental health problems.
自闭症青年患心理健康问题的风险增加。尽管各种心理治疗方法对自闭症青年有效，但他们往往无法接受这些干预措施。需要研究以确定针对自闭症青年的有效治疗模式，以及这些模式是否与针对其他神经发育障碍（例如，注意力缺陷多动障碍；ADHD）青年的模式不同。我们比较了临床医生（N=557）在治疗自闭症青年和 ADHD 青年时的知识、信心和实践。尽管总体评分较高，且两组都使用了相似的干预措施，但与 ADHD 患者相比，临床医生在支持自闭症患者时的知识和信心明显不足。因此，改善临床医生的观点可能有助于促进自闭症青年心理健康问题的治疗。
