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Mental Health Service Use Among Adolescents With an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sarah Carter Narendorf, M.S.W., Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., and Paul R. Sterzing, M.S.S.W.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 62, Number 8
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.8.pss6208_0975
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Abstract

Objective:

This study examined prevalence and correlates of mental health service use among adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder.

Methods:

Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 were used to examine mental health service use among 920 youths with this disorder. Estimatesare nationally representative ofstudents enrolled in the special education autism category. Regression models examined the association of predisposing, enabling, and need factors with service use overall and with a focus on receiving these services at school.

Results:

Overall, 46% (weighted) of the youths had used a mental health service in the past year. Of those who had, 49% (weighted) had received it at school. Need variables were the strongest correlates of service use. African-American youths and youths from lower-income families were more likely to receive school-based services.

Conclusions:

Schools played a key role in providing services, especially for vulnerable populations. Focused attention on youths with an autism spectrum disorder is needed to ensure continuity of care as youths leave high school. (Psychiatric Services 62:975–978, 2011)

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Table 1 Results of logistic regressions on correlates of mental health service use overall and of school-based service use among adolescents with an autism-related disorder

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Cover: The South Gorge, Appeldore, Isles of Shoals, by Childe Hassam. Oil on canvas, 22¼ × 18 inches. Collection of the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey. Photo credit: the Newark Museum/Art Resource, New York.
Psychiatric Services
Volume 62 • Number 8 • August 2011
Pages: 975 - 978
PubMed: 21807842

History

Published online: 1 August 2011
Published in print: August 2011

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Sarah Carter Narendorf, M.S.W.
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Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D.
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Paul R. Sterzing, M.S.S.W.
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The authors are with the Department of Social Work, Washington University, 1 Brookings Dr., Campus Box 1196, Saint Louis, MO 63130 (e-mail: [email protected]).

Notes

A draft version of this report was presented at the 23rd Annual Children's Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, Florida, March 7–10, 2010.

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