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| Titre : |
Advancing the understanding of mental health in autistic youth: Implications from developmental psychopathology and neurodiversity perspectives |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Sharada G. Krishnan, Auteur ; Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.202717 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Autism Mental health Developmental psychopathology Neurodiversity Strengths-based approaches Resilience Children and youth |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Autistic youth experience disproportionately high rates of mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression, which often persist into adulthood and impact quality of life. Despite growing attention, research on mental health in autistic youth has not been consistently grounded in explicit theoretical frameworks. We review two theoretical perspectives—developmental psychopathology and the neurodiversity paradigm—that can enrich an understanding of mental health in autistic youth and guide future research in this area. A developmental psychopathology perspective focuses on the dynamic interactions among risk, protective, and promotive factors that influence mental health, while the neurodiversity paradigm frames autism as a valued form of human diversity and centers lived experiences, strengths, and contextual barriers. We first trace the historical contributions of developmental psychopathology to autism research and examine tensions between this body of work and the neurodiversity paradigm. We then explore how a developmental psychopathology perspective, when focused specifically on mental health in autistic youth, and the neurodiversity paradigm can be integrated to advance mental health research across three areas: (1) the measurement of mental health outcomes, (2) the identification of risk, protective, and promotive factors, and (3) the impact of traumatic experiences on resilience and mental health. Leveraging the strengths of both a developmental psychopathology perspective and the neurodiversity paradigm can advance a more theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, and neurodiversity-informed research agenda aligned with the priorities of the autistic community. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202717 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=570 |
in Research in Autism > 128 (October 2025) . - p.202717
[article] Advancing the understanding of mental health in autistic youth: Implications from developmental psychopathology and neurodiversity perspectives [texte imprimé] / Sharada G. Krishnan, Auteur ; Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur . - p.202717. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Research in Autism > 128 (October 2025) . - p.202717
| Mots-clés : |
Autism Mental health Developmental psychopathology Neurodiversity Strengths-based approaches Resilience Children and youth |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Autistic youth experience disproportionately high rates of mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression, which often persist into adulthood and impact quality of life. Despite growing attention, research on mental health in autistic youth has not been consistently grounded in explicit theoretical frameworks. We review two theoretical perspectives—developmental psychopathology and the neurodiversity paradigm—that can enrich an understanding of mental health in autistic youth and guide future research in this area. A developmental psychopathology perspective focuses on the dynamic interactions among risk, protective, and promotive factors that influence mental health, while the neurodiversity paradigm frames autism as a valued form of human diversity and centers lived experiences, strengths, and contextual barriers. We first trace the historical contributions of developmental psychopathology to autism research and examine tensions between this body of work and the neurodiversity paradigm. We then explore how a developmental psychopathology perspective, when focused specifically on mental health in autistic youth, and the neurodiversity paradigm can be integrated to advance mental health research across three areas: (1) the measurement of mental health outcomes, (2) the identification of risk, protective, and promotive factors, and (3) the impact of traumatic experiences on resilience and mental health. Leveraging the strengths of both a developmental psychopathology perspective and the neurodiversity paradigm can advance a more theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, and neurodiversity-informed research agenda aligned with the priorities of the autistic community. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202717 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=570 |
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Advancing the understanding of mental health in autistic youth: Implications from developmental psychopathology and neurodiversity perspectives in Research in Autism, 128 (October 2025)
