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ReviewAutism : the international journal of research and practice2022

Short report: A quantitative methodological review of participant characteristics in the literature testing mental health interventions for youth with autism spectrum disorder.

Kelsey S Dickson, Megan Ledoux Galligan, Ho Lok

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Review in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kelsey S DicksonSan Diego State University, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2295-4377
Megan Ledoux GalliganChild and Adolescent Services Research Center, USA.
Ho LokSan Diego State University, USA.
San Diego State University · USUniversity of California, Riverside · US

Funding

Adapting an ASD Executive Functioning Intervention for Implementation in Children's Mental Health Services - Admin SupplementK23MH115100 · NIMH · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DICKSON, KELSEY S · 2018 to 2021
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NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH115100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

lay abstractPrevious research has highlighted the importance of mental health treatment for autistic youth. In that research base, most studies focus on demonstrating the efficacy of a particular intervention with a sample of autistic youth. However, understanding the characteristics of samples used within these studies (i.e. demographics) is an important avenue for expanding this research to a more diverse, representative sample of autistic youth in community settings. As such, the current review examined and characterized participants included within mental health treatment research. We coded studies for various demographics among the youth sample, caregivers, and providers participants. Results indicated that while efforts have been made to increase diversity in research, very few studies including transition-aged youth, those identifying as female, and/or those identifying as non-Caucasian. Clinically, a few studies included youth with lower cognitive abilities and/or those with specific mental health problems (e.g. trauma and depression) or more than one co-occurring mental health conditions. Overall, our results highlight several critical gaps in our current evidence base regarding mental health treatment for autistic youth, including the limited clinical representativeness of both provider and child participants.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAdolescentAgedCaregiversChildFemaleHumansMental Healthautism spectrum disordermental health interventionsquantitative methodological reviewyouth

Identifiers

PMID34806428
PMCPMC9010338
OpenAlexW3215422122

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