Focus
- Volume 22
- Number 2
- April 2024
From the Guest Editor
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages150–161Autistic individuals experience high rates of behavioral crises that present to healthcare providers for medication management. Co-occurring psychiatric conditions and psychotropic medication use are common among this patient population. Particularly for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20230027Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages162–169Autism spectrum disorder is associated with a high rate of sleep problems, affecting over 80% of autistic individuals. Sleep problems have pervasive negative effects on health, behavior, mood, and cognition but are underrecognized in autistic children. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20230028Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages170–174Innovative models of medical and psychiatric care are necessary to address the complex needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including autism. This article describes a subspecialty medical home program that has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.2023003621st-Century Psychiatrist
Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages175–179Within psychiatry, the proportions of individuals underrepresented in medicine (URM) are lower than are the proportions among the general U.S. population. Holistic review of residency applications may alleviate deficiencies in representation and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20230034Ask the Expert
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Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages198–211While behavioral interventions remain the mainstay of treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), several potential targeted treatments addressing the underlying neurophysiology of ASD have emerged in the last few years. These are promising for the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.24022006Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages212–228Objective: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder often present somatic and/or psychiatric co-morbid disorders. The DSM-5 allows for consideration of additional diagnoses besides ASD and may have impacted the prevalence of co-morbidities as well as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.24022005Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages229–241Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by communication and social behavior deficits. The presence of restricted and repetitive behaviors often accompanies these deficits, and these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.24022004Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages242–251Objective: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a varying group of disorders characterized by deficiency in social interaction and restrictive patterns of behavior and interests. While there are several studies focusing on the neuro-psychiatric pathogenesis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.24022008Publication date: 01 April 2024
Pages252–262Autism severity is currently defined and measured based exclusively on the severity levels of the two core symptom domains: social-communication and restricted or repetitive patterns of behaviors and interests. Autistic individuals, however, are often ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.24022007Past Issues
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