Our study evaluating the effectiveness of NHS talking therapies for depression and anxiety for autistic people is out today! thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

How effective, currently, are psychological therapies for anxiety and depression of autistic people? Evidence from ~8,500 autistic adults who accessed UK primary care services tinyurl.com/mr353pvf

Talking therapy might help some. But probably not as many as you might think. And some worrying observations: "significantly more likely to deteriorate compared with the comparison group"...

Autistic adults have poorer access to appropriate mental healthcare, despite being more likely to experience #anxiety or #depression than the general population, finds a new study led by PhD candidate Céline El Baou UCL Psych & Lang Sci ADAPT Lab. Report by Tom Bawden inews.co.uk/news/science/n…

THREAD: Premature deaths of autistic people in the UK have been investigated for the first time. The study, led by Prof Josh Stott (ADAPT Lab UCL Psych & Lang Sci), confirms that autistic people have reduced life expectancy, but the gap might not be as wide as previously claimed. (1/6)

The life expectancy gap for #autistic people is smaller than previously thought but there are still major inequalities that need to be addressed, finds a new study led by Prof Joshua Stott and Dr Elizabeth O'Nions UCL Psych & Lang Sci UCL Brain Sciences ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/nov/…

Are you interested in participating in research to explore recruitment and research engagement for South Asian dementia carers? Please see the attached poster for further details. #dementiaresearch #carers #BMEdementia

Check out some of our latest research on life expectancy in autistic people

New study of common health conditions and how often they are diagnosed amongst ~22,000 autistic people in the UK. Findings "may suggest under-diagnosis of common conditions in autistic people, particularly those with intellectual disability." tinyurl.com/5n7w2uts

New paper from our lab, which suggests underdiagnosis of common debilitating health conditions in autistic people in the UK You can read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Will Mandy Claudia Joshua Buckman 💙 Jill Manthorpe Prof Francesca Happé Céline El Baou

Latest paper from the AUDIT-50_Study team at UCL focussing on older autistic people: ‘It’s designed for someone who is not me’: A reflexive thematic analysis of the unmet healthcare support needs in UK autistic adults aged 65 years and over journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… ADAPT Lab