Mental health impact of autism on families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities of genetic origin

• Main Authors: Jeanne Wolstencroft (Author), Ramya Srinivasan (Author), Jeremy Hall (Author), Marianne B. M. van denBree (Author), Michael J. Owen (Author), IMAGINE Consortium (Author), F. Lucy Raymond (Author), David Skuse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Many children with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) have associated autism spectrum disorders (ASD), as well as an increased risk of mental health difficulties. In a cohort with IDD of genetic aetiology, we tested the hypothesis that excess risk attached to those...