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Failla, Michelle D.; Moana-Filho, Estephan J.; Essick, Greg K.; Baranek, Grace T.; Rogers, Baxter P.; Cascio, Carissa J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Pain assessments typically depend on self-report of the pain experience. Yet, in individuals with autism spectrum disorders, this can be an unreliable due to communication difficulties. Importantly, observations of behavioral hypo- and hyperresponsivity to pain suggest altered pain sensitivity in autism spectrum disorder. Neuroimaging may provide…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Responses
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Maddox, Brenna B.; Trubanova, Andrea; White, Susan W. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Recent studies have examined non-suicidal self-injury in community and clinical samples, but there is no published research on non-suicidal self-injury in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. This lack of research is surprising, since individuals with autism spectrum disorder have high rates of risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury,…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Online Surveys
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Painter, Jon; Hastings, Richard; Ingham, Barry; Trevithick, Liam; Roy, Ashok – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Introduction: Current research findings in the field of intellectual disabilities (ID) regarding the relationship between mental health problems and challenging behavior are inconclusive and/or contradictory. The aim of this study was to further investigate the putative association between these two highly prevalent phenomena in people with ID,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Adults, Intellectual Disability