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ArticlePsychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law2025

A descriptive study of young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder referred to a Fixated Threat Assessment Centre.

Meredith Gray, Jennifer McCarthy, Daveena Mawren, Steven Cooper, Carolyn Simms, Michele Pathé

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Article in Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Meredith GrayConsultant Psychiatrist, Tasmanian Forensic Youth Mental Health Service, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Jennifer McCarthyForensic Psychologist and Mental Health Operations Manager, Victorian Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Daveena MawrenForensic Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Steven CooperDetective Inspector, Victorian Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Carolyn SimmsConsultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead, Victorian Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Michele PathéConsultant Psychiatrist, Adjunct Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Swinburne University. Former Clinical Lead of the Victorian Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Abstract

This study examines a cohort of persons aged 14 to 25 years referred to a threat assessment centre in Australia due to concerns regarding their potential for extremist or other grievance-fuelled violence. It examines the demographic features, clinical comorbidities and threat profile of this cohort and compares cases with and without a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The findings suggest that young people with ASD are significantly overrepresented, compared to the population rate, with late diagnosis and complex, unmet needs. The services required to mitigate risk were predominantly mainstream disability and mental health programs, not specialised forensic interventions. These exploratory findings have broader implications for improved provision of autism-specific services to prevent this vulnerable group entering the justice system.

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autismcounter-terrorismextremismgrievanceinterventionradicalisationthreat

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PMID40726576
PMCPMC12291179

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