Practitioner Review: Attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder – the importance of depression

Thapar, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-737X, Livingston, Lucy A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8597-6525, Eyre, Olga ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-9679 and Riglin, Lucy 2023. Practitioner Review: Attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder – the importance of depression. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 64 (1) , pp. 4-15. 10.1111/jcpp.13678

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Abstract

Young people with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), show high rates of mental health problems, of which depression is one of the most common. Given that depression in ASD and ADHD is linked with a range of poor outcomes, knowledge of how clinicians should assess, identify and treat depression in the context of these neurodevelopmental disorders is much needed. Here, we give an overview of the latest research on depression in young people with ADHD and ASD, including possible mechanisms underlying the link between ADHD/ASD and depression, as well as the presentation, assessment and treatment of depression in these neurodevelopmental disorders. We discuss the implications for clinicians and make recommendations for critical future research in this area.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0021-9630
Funders:	Wellcome Trust
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 August 2022
Date of Acceptance:	13 June 2022
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2024 11:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/152005

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