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ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2025

Comparing the prevalence of substance use disorders between persons with and without autism spectrum disorders.

Victor Lushin, Steven Marcus, Sha Tao, Malitta Engstrom, Anne Roux, Lindsay Shea

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Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Substance Use Disorder Outcomes and Treatment by Autism Status in Medicaid Enrollees With Substance Use Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Victor LushinNational Institutes of Health, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4225-9742
Steven MarcusUniversity of Pennsylvania, USA.
Sha TaoDrexel University, USA.
Malitta EngstromUniversity of Pennsylvania, USA.
Anne RouxDrexel University, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7758-4708
Lindsay SheaDrexel University, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0610-0355

Funding

Identifying Co-Occurrence and Service Use Profiles of Alzheimer's Disease and Autism Spectrum DisorderR01MH117653 · NIMH · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI SHEA, LINDSAY LAWER · 2018 to 2021
$2.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH117653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent research has suggested that people with autism spectrum disorder may be disproportionately at risk of substance use disorders. This study analyzed national-level Medicaid Claims data to compare substance use disorder prevalence among Medicaid enrollees with autism spectrum disorder (

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderSubstance-Related DisordersAdolescentAdultChildComorbidityFemaleHumansMaleMedicaidMiddle AgedPrevalenceUnited StatesYoung Adultautismsocial determinants of healthsubstance use disorders

Identifiers

PMID40156509
PMCPMC12182437

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