?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Psychopathology+in+Adults+with+Autism+and+Intellectual+Disability&rft.creator=Tsakanikos%2C+et+al.&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.description=There+have+been+few+studies+of+psychopathology+in+adult+with+autism.+This+study+examined+psychiatric+co-morbidity+in+147+adults+with+intellectual+disability+(ID)+and+autism+and+605+adults+with+ID+but+without+autism.+After+controlling+for+the+effects+of+gender%2C+age%2C+psychotropic+medication+and+level+of+ID%2C+people+with+autism+and+ID+were+no+more+likely+to+receive+a+psychiatric+diagnosis+than+people+with+ID+only.+People+with+autism+were+less+likely+to+receive+a+diagnosis+of+personality+disorder.+These+findings+cast+doubts+on+the+hypothesis+that+adults+with+ID+and+autism+are+more+vulnerable+to+certain+psychiatric+disorders+than+non-autistic+adults+with+ID.+&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.date=2005-05&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4345%2F1%2FAutism_%2526_Psychopathology.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tsakanikos%2C+et+al.++(2005)+Psychopathology+in+Adults+with+Autism+and+Intellectual+Disability.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4345%2F