Boys with Asperger Syndrome Grow Up: Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 20 Years After Initial Diagnosis
2016
We examined
comorbidpsychiatric and
neurodevelopmental disordersin fifty adult males (mean age 30 years) with
Asperger syndrome(AS) diagnosed in childhood and followed up prospectively for almost two decades (13–26 years). Only three of the 50 men had never met criteria for an additional psychiatric/neurodevelopmental diagnosis and more than half had ongoing
comorbidity(most commonly either ADHD or depression or both). Any psychiatric
comorbidityincreased the risk of poorer outcome. The minority of the AS group who no longer met criteria for a full diagnosis of an
autism spectrum disorderwere usually free of current psychiatric
comorbidity. The high rate of psychiatric/neurodevelopmental
comorbiditiesunderscores the need for a full psychiatric/neurodevelopmental assessment at follow-up of males with AS.
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