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Angell, Amber M.; Deavenport-Saman, Alexis; Yin, Larry; Zou, Baiming; Bai, Chen; Varma, Deepthi; Solomon, Olga – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Autistic children have a high prevalence of co-occurring mental health, developmental/behavioral, and medical conditions, but research on sex/gender differences has been mixed. We used Florida healthcare claims data to characterize sex differences (female/male) in co-occurring conditions among autistic children ages 1-21 (N = 83,500). After…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Comorbidity, Mental Health, Incidence
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Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine; Healy, Olive – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
The current study investigated comorbidity in eighty-nine children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Ireland. Comorbidity is the presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary disorder. The prevalence of comorbid psychological disorders, behaviours associated with comorbid psychopathology, epilepsy, gastrointestinal…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Stampoltzis, Aglaia; Papatrecha, Virginia; Polychronopoulou, Stavroula; Mavronas, Dimitris – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The aim of this study is to describe the developmental, familial and educational characteristics of 91 children with a clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), from one educational district of Athens, Greece. Records of the 91 children, aged 4-14 years old, were examined with respect to sex, age of diagnosis, type of ASDs, school…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Learning Problems, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis
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Jones, Jana E.; Watson, Ryann; Sheth, Raj; Caplan, Rochelle; Koehn, Monica; Seidenberg, Michael; Hermann, Bruce – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
The aim of this study was to characterize the distribution, timing, and risk factors for psychiatric comorbidity in children with recent onset epilepsy. Children aged 8 to 18 years with recent onset epilepsy (less than 1 year in duration) of idiopathic etiology (n=53) and a healthy comparison group (n=50) underwent a structured psychiatric…
Descriptors: Incidence, Neurological Organization, Drug Therapy, At Risk Persons