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Verbal Ability and Psychiatric Symptoms in Clinically Referred Inpatient and Outpatient Youth with ASD

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for the Autism and Developmental Disorders Inpatient Research Collaborative (ADDIRC), Lerner, Matthew D., Mazefsky, Carla A., Weber, Rebecca J., Transue, Emilie, Siegel, Matthew, Gadow, Kenneth D.·2018·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience high rates of psychiatric symptoms, but the relation between verbal ability and psychiatric symptoms is unknown. This study utilized a large sample of clinically referred inpatient and outpatient youth with ASD to compare psychiatric comorbidity between verbal and minimally-verbal youth, adjusting for nonverbal IQ, age, and ASD symptom severity. Results indicated that verbal youth were more likely to present with and meet clinical cutoffs for depression and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms, with greater impairment associated with depression. Youth in inpatient settings had greater symptom severity and impairment across almost all psychiatric comorbidities. These results present the most direct estimate to date of the association between verbal ability and psychiatric comorbidity in ASD.

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  • Working memory is a likely causal predictor of global IQ, and age-related improvements in working memory lead directly to improvements in IQ.

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(ADDIRC), F. T. A. A. D. D. I. R. C., Lerner, M. D., Mazefsky, C. A., Weber, R. J., Transue, E., Siegel, M., & Gadow, K. D.
Affiliations
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Maine Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
  • Lerner, Matthew D.
  • Mazefsky, Carla A.
Venue
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Published
2017-10-16
Volume
48
Issue
11
Pages
3689-3701
ISSN
  • 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3432
OpenAlex
W2765267419
Cited by
30
References
61
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2
FWCI
1.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Simons Foundation (SFARI #296318, SFARI# 381283)
  • Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation
  • Matt and Debra Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K23HD060601, R01HD079512)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH110585)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, verbal ability, psychiatric comorbidity, depression, oppositional defiant disorder, nonverbal intelligence, symptom severity, functional disability
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Child, Depression, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Language Development, Male, Outpatients, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

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