Researchers have discovered that teenagers with difficulties in social communication, including autism, have higher rates of depressive symptoms, especially if they are being bullied.
Investigators from the University of Bristol used questionnaires along with clinical and genetic information to study 6,091 young people from the Children of the 90s longitudinal study. They found children with autism and those with autistic traits had more symptoms of depression when they were 10 years old...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/06/20/autistic-teens-prone-to-depressive-symptoms-especially-if-bullied/136353.html
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