ISSUE 1
ANXIETY
The following information has been taken from an article written by Kathleen M McCoy – Health Issues of Adolescents and Adults with ASD: Depression and Anxiety, published in Counseling and Human Development Sep 2012. Vol. 45 Issue 1 p 1-16
CASE STUDY FOR STUDENT A
ANXIETY
The following information has been taken from an article written by Kathleen M McCoy – Health Issues of Adolescents and Adults with ASD: Depression and Anxiety, published in Counseling and Human Development Sep 2012. Vol. 45 Issue 1 p 1-16
- Autism and Asperger’s syndrome are linked with an increased occurrences of mental health disorders; the most commonly reported are depression and anxiety.
- Identified mood disorders in individuals with ASD are higher than the incidence for their typical peers.
- Anxiety is a mood disorder involving a pronounced change in a person’s emotional state. Anxiety is characterized by desolation and euphoria, respectively. Symptoms vary, but they usually involve abnormal happiness or sadness which affects daily function to some degree.
- Individuals who are higher functioning may experience depression or anxiety partially from awareness of their own behavioural and emotional challenges.
- Difficulty expressing feelings or atypical expression of feeling often leads to rejection and indifference from peers or caregivers, which in turn may create anxiety and depression.
CASE STUDY FOR STUDENT A