Mental health in Typical and Atypical Development

Question 1

Anxiety and depression in people with autism in whose clinical reports?

Answer 1

Kanner’s first clinical reports in 1943

Question 2

Sasson et al. 2017 found that autistic people are negatively evaluated by…

Answer 2

non-autistic people

Question 3

What is the double empathy problem in relation to autism?

Answer 3

Autistic people find it difficult to read neurotypical people and vice versa.

Question 4

What is the term used to describe how some autistic people(mostly women) try to cope in social situations?

Answer 4

camouflaging

Question 5

What symptom of depression overlaps with a characteristic in autism?

Answer 5

psychomotor retardation or agitation

Question 6

What symptom of depression overlaps with a characteristic in autism?

Answer 6

psychomotor retardation or agitation, difficulties with sleep, flat affect and social withdrawal

Question 7

What makes a good clinical assessment tool?

Answer 7

Structural validity and internal consistency, hypothesis testing, criterion validity, content validity and reliability

Question 8

What is criterion validity?

Answer 8

Does the tool correlate with the gold standard assessment? Will the score on this tool correlate with a diagnosis in a clinical setting?

Question 9

“Does the item measure what you want it to measure?” what is this describing?

Answer 9

Structural validity and internal consistency

Question 10

“Does the tool perform the way we expect it to?” what is this describing?

Answer 10

Hypothesis testing

Question 11

“Are the questions relatable and understandable to the target group?” what is this describing?

Answer 11

Content validity

Question 12

“Do you get the same results from different assessors and/or at different times?” what is this describing?

Answer 12

Reliability