Bethany Vibert, Patricia Segura, Louise Gallagher, Stelios Georgiades, Panagiota Pervanidou, Audrey Thurm, Lindsay Alexander, Evdokia Anagnostou, Yuta Aoki, Catherine S Birken, Somer L Bishop, Jessica Boi, Carmela Bravaccio, Helena Brentani, Paola Canevini, Alessandra Carta, Alice Charach, Antonella Costantino, Katherine T Cost, Elaine A Cravo, Jennifer Crosbie, Chiara Davico, Federica Donno, Junya Fujino, Alessandra Gabellone, Cristiane T Geyer, Tomoya Hirota, Stephen Kanne, Makiko Kawashima, Elizabeth Kelley, Hosanna Kim, Young Shin Kim, So Hyun Kim, Daphne J Korczak, Meng-Chuan Lai, Lucia Margari, Lucia Marzulli, Gabriele Masi, Luigi Mazzone, Jane McGrath, Suneeta Monga, Paola Morosini, Shinichiro Nakajima, Antonio Narzisi, Rob Nicolson, Aki Nikolaidis, Yoshihiro Noda, Kerri Nowell, Miriam Polizzi, Joana Portolese, Maria Pia Riccio, Manabu Saito, Ida Schwartz, Anish K Simhal, Martina Siracusano, Stefano Sotgiu, Jacob Stroud, Fernando Sumiya, Yoshiyuki Tachibana, Nicole Takahashi, Riina Takahashi, Hiroki Tamon, Raffaella Tancredi, Benedetto Vitiello, Alessandro Zuddas, Bennett Leventhal, Kathleen Merikangas, Michael P Milham, Adriana Di Martino
BACKGROUND: Heterogeneous mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic are documented in the general population. Such heterogeneity has not been systematically assessed in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). To identify distinct patterns of the pandemic impact and their predictors in ASD/NDD youth, we focused on pandemic-related changes in symptoms and access to services. METHODS: Using a naturalistic observational design, we assessed parent responses on the Coronavirus Health and Impact Survey Initiative (CRISIS) Adapted For Autism and Related neurodevelopmental conditions (AFAR)...
February 14, 2023: Molecular Autism