News Report | September 23, 2018
20% Of Young Adults With Autism Have History Of Depression
By age 27, 19.8% of those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had a diagnosis of depression. In comparison, just 6.0% of the general population aged 27 had a diagnosis of depression.
These findings were reported in "Association Between Autism Spectrum Disorders With or Without Intellectual Disability and Depression in Young Adulthood" by Dheeraj Rai, M.R.C.Psych., Ph.D.; Hein Heuvelman, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Christina Dalman, M.D., Ph.D.; Iryna Culpin, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Michael Lundberg, M.P.H.; Peter Carpenter, M.B.Ch.B., F.R.C.Psych.; and Cecilia Magnusson, M . . .