ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020
Anxiety Disorders in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Population-Based Study.
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- A systematic review of person-centred adjustments to facilitate magnetic resonance imaging for autistic patients without the use of sedation or anaesthesia.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Pooled it
- Functional connectivity within an anxiety network and associations with anxiety symptom severity in middle-aged adults with and without autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2021Pooled it
- Anxiety, repetitive and restricted behaviors and interests, and social communication in autistic adults: an exploratory analysis of a phase 3, randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Reacting, Retreating, Regulating, and Reconnecting: How Autistic Adults in the United Kingdom Use Time Alone for Well-Being.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
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- Exploration of the relationship between social cognition and PTSD using data from the ALSPAC cohort.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- The mediating effect of trauma and loss spectrum on the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorder symptoms among patients with borderline personality disorder.CNS spectrums · 2025Article
- Acute effects of cannabis on core and co-occurring features associated with autism spectrum disorder in adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Autism-like phenotype across the lifespan of Shank3B-mutant mice of both sexes.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2025Article
- The endocannabinoidome-gut microbiome-brain axis as a novel therapeutic target for autism spectrum disorder.Journal of biomedical science · 2025Review
- The role of anxiety in modulating temporal processing and sensory hyperresponsiveness in autism spectrum disorder: an fMRI study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Trait and state mathematics anxiety in autistic and non-autistic school-aged boys.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Which panic-agoraphobic symptoms could be associated with the presence of autistic traits among patients with panic disorder?CNS spectrums · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Relationships Between Depressive Attributional Style and Internalizing Symptoms in an Autism-Enriched Sample of Incoming College Students.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
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Abstract
Anxiety is common in children with ASD; however, the burden of specific anxiety disorders for adults with ASD is under-researched. Using the Stockholm Youth Cohort, we compared anxiety disorder diagnoses among autistic adults (n = 4049), with or without intellectual disability, and population controls (n = 217,645). We conducted additional sibling analyses. Anxiety disorders were diagnosed in 20.1% of adults with ASD compared with 8.7% of controls (RR = 2.62 [95% CI 2.47-2.79]), with greatest risk for autistic people without intellectual disability. Rates of almost all individual anxiety disorders were raised, notably obsessive-compulsive disorder and phobic anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders were more common in full siblings and half-siblings of people with ASD. The implications of this are explored.
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