Depression

Researchers want to know: what's the link between autism and suicide risk, and how can we help those in crisis?

Help IAN learn how different stressors affect youth with autism. This study is for parents of verbal teens with or without a history of adverse events.

Children and teens with autism are more likely to be admitted to a hospital for mental health care than their classmates. Researchers wanted to know why.

Most parents experience stress, but for those raising children with autism, everyday life often brings Stress with a capital S, from managing behavior and therapies to school problems. More than a few studies report that parents of children with autism experience more stress than other parents do. What can families do to cope?

In this video, clinical psychologist Katherine Gotham, PhD, discusses "Depressed Mood in ASD: What We (Think We) Know, and What We Don't."

Children and adults with autism face depression at higher rates than the general population. Once their depression is recognized and diagnosed, what treatments work best for them? (Part 2 of a two-part series).