This study aims to investigate the prevalence of problem behaviours, characterise the behavioural phenotype and use well-validated measures to explore variables that maintain the behaviours. Open access article - no login required.
This is the first study to interview autistic adults about their personal experiences of differentiating between obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and repetitive behaviours related to autism. Open access article - no login required.
...The conditions co-occur frequently, they share some cognitive features, and they have a marked overlap in underlying genetic and environmental influences (1). Perhaps surprisingly, we know much less about the overlap in brain function, particularly when the brain is actively engaged in psychological processes. This knowledge gap is partly addressed by a meticulously conducted and conceptually elegant meta-analysis of brain function in ADHD and ASD... To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Commentary on Barriers to healthcare and a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults: A qualitative study. Autism, 2023.
Implications for practice and research:
Implementing waiting-list interventions, offering regular updates on queue position and estimated wait times, and providing information about support services can alleviate the uncertainty of prolonged waits and mitigate dropouts among individuals with learning disabilities and comorbid mental conditions.
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The objective of this study was to explore the role that Autistic identity, sensory processing and camouflaging behaviours have on eating disorder symptomology in Autistic adults. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study asks how autistic people experience menopause and how they can better access services, support and information; autistic Community Research Associates played an important role in each stage of the research. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This paper presents two real-life examples of attempted coproduction with a group of men with learning disabilities in England. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This paper aims to detail the process of developing a risk stratification tool to identify those individuals who are higher risk of premature mortality. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The purpose of this study is to examine the continuing adherence to the stopping over-medication of people with intellectual disability and/or autism guidelines for a cohort of outpatients seen in the outpatients’ clinics in the two teams who participated in this study to review the trend of psychotropic prescribing with a prescription indication along with the utilisation of non-pharmacological interventions. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.