The researchers found that by age 27 years, 19.8% of individuals diagnosed with ASD had a diagnosis of depression, compared with 6.0% among the general population (adjusted relative risk [RR], 3.64).

Bottom Line: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), especially without an accompanying intellectual disability, were associated with greater risk for depression in young adulthood compared with the general ...

Most clinicians are aware of the need to distinguish between bipolar and unipolar disorders when evaluating a depressed patient. However, the evaluation of bipolarity is usually confined to trying to ...