Self-harm and Suicidality Experiences of Middle-Age and Older Adults With vs. Without High Autistic Traits / Gavin R. STEWART in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53-8 (August 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 53-8 (August 2023) . - p.3034-3046 Titre : Self-harm and Suicidality Experiences of Middle-Age and Older Adults With vs. Without High Autistic Traits Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Gavin R. STEWART, Auteur ; Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.3034-3046 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Suicide has been identified as a leading cause of premature death in autistic populations. Elevated autistic traits have also been associated with higher rates of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicidal self-harm in the general population, but this has yet to be examined in older age. Using baseline cross-sectional data from the PROTECT study, middle-age and older adults with high autistic traits (n?=?276) had significantly higher rates of suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm, and suicidal self-harm than an age/sex-matched comparison group (n?=?10,495). These differences represented a 5- to 6-fold increase in likelihood for self-harming and suicidality. These findings, which remained when controlling for depression symptoms, suggest that middle-age and older adults with high autistic traits may be particularly at risk of self-harm and suicidal behaviours. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05595-y Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=508 [article] Self-harm and Suicidality Experiences of Middle-Age and Older Adults With vs. Without High Autistic Traits [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Gavin R. STEWART, Auteur ; Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur . - p.3034-3046. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 53-8 (August 2023) . - p.3034-3046 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Suicide has been identified as a leading cause of premature death in autistic populations. Elevated autistic traits have also been associated with higher rates of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicidal self-harm in the general population, but this has yet to be examined in older age. Using baseline cross-sectional data from the PROTECT study, middle-age and older adults with high autistic traits (n?=?276) had significantly higher rates of suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm, and suicidal self-harm than an age/sex-matched comparison group (n?=?10,495). These differences represented a 5- to 6-fold increase in likelihood for self-harming and suicidality. These findings, which remained when controlling for depression symptoms, suggest that middle-age and older adults with high autistic traits may be particularly at risk of self-harm and suicidal behaviours. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05595-y Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=508

Sleep problems and mental health difficulties in older adults who endorse high autistic traits / Gavin R. STEWART in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 77 (September 2020)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 77 (September 2020) . - 101633 Titre : Sleep problems and mental health difficulties in older adults who endorse high autistic traits Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Gavin R. STEWART, Auteur ; Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur Article en page(s) : 101633 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autistic traits  ASD  Aging  Older adults  Sleep  Mental health  Depression  Anxiety Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Sleep problems and mental health difficulties are common in autistic children and young adults. However, these problems have seldom been studied in older autistic adults, or in older adults with elevated autistic traits. Method Cross-sectional data was examined from 13,897 adults aged 50–81 years taking part in the PROTECT study, who reported whether they experienced persistent socio-communicative autistic traits. Approximately 1%, 187 individuals, were identified as endorsing high autistic traits in childhood and currently, henceforth ‘Autism Spectrum Trait’ (AST) group. An age- and gender-matched comparison group was formed of 6740 individuals who endorsed no autistic traits, henceforth ‘Control Older Adults’ (COA) group. Differences between AST and COA groups were explored in self-reported sleep behaviors, and in depression and anxiety symptoms. Results AST and COA groups reported similar sleep duration and depth, and nighttime waking frequency. However, the AST group reported significantly more problems with falling asleep, morning drowsiness, and lower sleep quality/satisfaction than COA. More AST adults reported sleep problems past cut-off, as well as clinical levels of depression and anxiety, compared to COA. Adults in both groups who met criteria for high sleep problems experienced more mental health difficulties than those with few sleep problems. However, even amongst those without depression/anxiety, the AST group reported more sleep problems than the COA. Conclusions These associations suggest that older adults with high autistic traits, like diagnosed autistic children/young adults, may experience poorer sleep and more mental health difficulties than those with low autistic traits. Further work is needed to see whether these results extend to older individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101633 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=432 [article] Sleep problems and mental health difficulties in older adults who endorse high autistic traits [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Gavin R. STEWART, Auteur ; Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur . - 101633. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 77 (September 2020) . - 101633 Mots-clés : Autistic traits  ASD  Aging  Older adults  Sleep  Mental health  Depression  Anxiety Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Sleep problems and mental health difficulties are common in autistic children and young adults. However, these problems have seldom been studied in older autistic adults, or in older adults with elevated autistic traits. Method Cross-sectional data was examined from 13,897 adults aged 50–81 years taking part in the PROTECT study, who reported whether they experienced persistent socio-communicative autistic traits. Approximately 1%, 187 individuals, were identified as endorsing high autistic traits in childhood and currently, henceforth ‘Autism Spectrum Trait’ (AST) group. An age- and gender-matched comparison group was formed of 6740 individuals who endorsed no autistic traits, henceforth ‘Control Older Adults’ (COA) group. Differences between AST and COA groups were explored in self-reported sleep behaviors, and in depression and anxiety symptoms. Results AST and COA groups reported similar sleep duration and depth, and nighttime waking frequency. However, the AST group reported significantly more problems with falling asleep, morning drowsiness, and lower sleep quality/satisfaction than COA. More AST adults reported sleep problems past cut-off, as well as clinical levels of depression and anxiety, compared to COA. Adults in both groups who met criteria for high sleep problems experienced more mental health difficulties than those with few sleep problems. However, even amongst those without depression/anxiety, the AST group reported more sleep problems than the COA. Conclusions These associations suggest that older adults with high autistic traits, like diagnosed autistic children/young adults, may experience poorer sleep and more mental health difficulties than those with low autistic traits. Further work is needed to see whether these results extend to older individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101633 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=432

The cognitive profile of middle-aged and older adults with high vs. low autistic traits / Anne CORBETT ; Clive BALLARD ; Byron CREESE ; Dag AARSLAND ; Adam HAMPSHIRE ; Helen BROOKER ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON ; Francesca HAPPÃ in Autism Research, 16-2 (February 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 16-2 (February 2023) . - p.429-440 Titre : The cognitive profile of middle-aged and older adults with high vs. low autistic traits Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Helen BROOKER, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPÃ, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.429-440 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Cognitive differences in memory, information processing speed (IPS), and executive functions (EF), are common in autistic and high autistic trait populations. Despite memory, IPS and EF being sensitive to age-related change, little is known about the cognitive profile of older adults with high autistic traits. This study explores cross-sectional memory, IPS and EF task performance in a large sample of older adults in the online PROTECT cohort (n = 22,285, aged 50-80â€years), grouped by high vs. low autistic traits. Approximately 1% of PROTECT participants (n = 325) endorsed high autistic traits [henceforth Autism Spectrum Trait (AST) group]. Differences between AST and age-, gender-, and education-matched comparison older adults (COA; n = 11,744) were explored on memory, IPS and EF tasks and questionnaires administered online. AST had lower performance than COA on tasks measuring memory, working memory, sustained attention, and information processing. No group differences were observed in simple attention or verbal reasoning. A similar pattern of results was observed when controlling for age, and current depression and anxiety symptoms. In addition, AST self-reported more cognitive decline than COA, but this difference was not significant when controlling for current depression symptoms, or when using informant-report. These findings suggest that autistic traits are associated with cognitive function in middle-aged and later life. Older adults with high autistic traits experienced more performance difficulties in a range of memory, IPS and EF tasks compared with the low autistic traits comparison group. Further longitudinal work is needed to examine age-related change in both older autistic and autistic trait populations. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2866 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=496 [article] The cognitive profile of middle-aged and older adults with high vs. low autistic traits [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Helen BROOKER, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPÃ, Auteur . - p.429-440. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 16-2 (February 2023) . - p.429-440 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Cognitive differences in memory, information processing speed (IPS), and executive functions (EF), are common in autistic and high autistic trait populations. Despite memory, IPS and EF being sensitive to age-related change, little is known about the cognitive profile of older adults with high autistic traits. This study explores cross-sectional memory, IPS and EF task performance in a large sample of older adults in the online PROTECT cohort (n = 22,285, aged 50-80â€years), grouped by high vs. low autistic traits. Approximately 1% of PROTECT participants (n = 325) endorsed high autistic traits [henceforth Autism Spectrum Trait (AST) group]. Differences between AST and age-, gender-, and education-matched comparison older adults (COA; n = 11,744) were explored on memory, IPS and EF tasks and questionnaires administered online. AST had lower performance than COA on tasks measuring memory, working memory, sustained attention, and information processing. No group differences were observed in simple attention or verbal reasoning. A similar pattern of results was observed when controlling for age, and current depression and anxiety symptoms. In addition, AST self-reported more cognitive decline than COA, but this difference was not significant when controlling for current depression symptoms, or when using informant-report. These findings suggest that autistic traits are associated with cognitive function in middle-aged and later life. Older adults with high autistic traits experienced more performance difficulties in a range of memory, IPS and EF tasks compared with the low autistic traits comparison group. Further longitudinal work is needed to examine age-related change in both older autistic and autistic trait populations. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2866 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=496

The Mental and Physical Health of Older Adults With a Genetic Predisposition for Autism / Gavin R. STEWART in Autism Research, 13-4 (April 2020)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 13-4 (April 2020) . - p.641-654 Titre : The Mental and Physical Health of Older Adults With a Genetic Predisposition for Autism Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Gavin R. STEWART, Auteur ; Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.641-654 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Asd  Bap  aging  autism  broad autism phenotype  mental health  older adults  physical health  psychiatric conditions Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autism commonly aggregates in families, with twin studies estimating heritability to be around 80%. Subclinical autism-like characteristics have also been found at elevated rates in relatives of autistic probands. Physical and psychiatric conditions have been reported at elevated rates in autistic children and adults, and also in their relatives. However, to date, there has been no exploration of how aging may affect this pattern. This study examined cross-sectional data from the ongoing online PROTECT study. A total of 20,220 adults aged 50 years and older reported whether they have an autistic first-degree relative. In total, 739 older adults reported having an autistic first-degree relative (AFDR group) and 11,666 were identified as having no family history of any neurodevelopmental disorder (NFD group). The AFDR group demonstrated significantly higher frequencies of self-reported psychiatric diagnoses and a greater total number of co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses than the NFD group. Furthermore, the AFDR group reported elevated current self-report symptoms of depression, anxiety, traumatic experience, and post-traumatic stress than the NFD group. By contrast, few differences between AFDR and NFD groups were observed in physical health conditions, and no differences were observed in the total number of co-occurring physical health diagnoses. These findings suggest that adults who have an AFDR may be at greater risk of poor mental, but not physical, health in later life. Older adults with autistic relatives may benefit from close monitoring to mitigate this susceptibility and to provide timely intervention. Autism Res 2020, 13: 641-654. (c) 2020 The Authors. Autism Research published by International Society for Autism Research published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: Children and adults with an autistic relative have been found to experience more psychiatric difficulties than those with no family links to autism. However, a few studies have explored what happens when these individuals get older. Examining over 20,000 adults age 50+, we found that older adults with an autistic relative experienced elevated rates of most psychiatric conditions but not physical conditions. Older adults with autistic relatives may benefit from close monitoring to mitigate this susceptibility and to provide timely intervention. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2277 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=421 [article] The Mental and Physical Health of Older Adults With a Genetic Predisposition for Autism [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Gavin R. STEWART, Auteur ; Anne CORBETT, Auteur ; Clive BALLARD, Auteur ; Byron CREESE, Auteur ; Dag AARSLAND, Auteur ; Adam HAMPSHIRE, Auteur ; Rebecca A. CHARLTON, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur . - p.641-654. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 13-4 (April 2020) . - p.641-654 Mots-clés : Asd  Bap  aging  autism  broad autism phenotype  mental health  older adults  physical health  psychiatric conditions Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autism commonly aggregates in families, with twin studies estimating heritability to be around 80%. Subclinical autism-like characteristics have also been found at elevated rates in relatives of autistic probands. Physical and psychiatric conditions have been reported at elevated rates in autistic children and adults, and also in their relatives. However, to date, there has been no exploration of how aging may affect this pattern. This study examined cross-sectional data from the ongoing online PROTECT study. A total of 20,220 adults aged 50 years and older reported whether they have an autistic first-degree relative. In total, 739 older adults reported having an autistic first-degree relative (AFDR group) and 11,666 were identified as having no family history of any neurodevelopmental disorder (NFD group). The AFDR group demonstrated significantly higher frequencies of self-reported psychiatric diagnoses and a greater total number of co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses than the NFD group. Furthermore, the AFDR group reported elevated current self-report symptoms of depression, anxiety, traumatic experience, and post-traumatic stress than the NFD group. By contrast, few differences between AFDR and NFD groups were observed in physical health conditions, and no differences were observed in the total number of co-occurring physical health diagnoses. These findings suggest that adults who have an AFDR may be at greater risk of poor mental, but not physical, health in later life. Older adults with autistic relatives may benefit from close monitoring to mitigate this susceptibility and to provide timely intervention. Autism Res 2020, 13: 641-654. (c) 2020 The Authors. Autism Research published by International Society for Autism Research published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: Children and adults with an autistic relative have been found to experience more psychiatric difficulties than those with no family links to autism. However, a few studies have explored what happens when these individuals get older. Examining over 20,000 adults age 50+, we found that older adults with an autistic relative experienced elevated rates of most psychiatric conditions but not physical conditions. Older adults with autistic relatives may benefit from close monitoring to mitigate this susceptibility and to provide timely intervention. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2277 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=421

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