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Bridging the gap: unveiling key links between autism and anxiety symptoms in autistic children and youth using a network analysis in pooled data from four countries

Autistic children experience significantly higher rates of anxiety compared to nonautistic children. The precise relations between autism characteristics and anxiety symptoms remain unclear in this population. Previous work has explored associations at the domain level, which involve examining broad categories or clusters of symptoms, rather than the relationships between specific symptoms and/or individual characteristics. We addressed this gap by taking a network approach to understand the shared structure of autism characteristics and anxiety symptoms.

National guideline provides uniform approach to autism diagnosis

In October 2018, the Autism CRC released A National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Australia.

ORIGINS

ORIGINS is the largest study of its kind in Australia, following 10,000 children, from their time in the womb, over a decade to improve child and adult health.

Dr Sung Chiu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Aleksandra Filipovska FAA, FAHMS

Louis Landau Chair in Child Health Research; NHMRC Leadership Fellow; Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Synthetic Biology; Adjunct Research Professor Monash University

Shelley Gorman

Honorary Research Associate

Jess Keeley

Within the Child Disability Team Jess has contributed to research that aims to improve understanding and measurement of the communication of people with CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD) by conducting and analysing interviews with families.

Clinical Associate Professor Raewyn Mutch

Honorary Research Associate

Tanika Sgherza

Senior Research Officer Tanika Sgherza is on the Healing Kids, Healing Families team.

Evaluation of a new measure of mood intolerance, the Tolerance of Mood States Scale (TOMS): Psychometric properties and associations

This research aimed to (i) validate a new measure of mood intolerance, the Tolerance of Mood States (TOMS) scale, and (ii) to examine associations between...