‘Something needs to change’: Mental health experiences of young autistic adults in England

Autism

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 477-493

  Crane, Laura ^a   Adams, Fern ^b   Harper, Georgia ^b   Welch, Jack ^b   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ambitious about Autism   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; autism; community based participatory research; depression; mental health; support; youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041897931     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361318757048     Document Type: Article

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