Psychoeducation for Older Adults With Autism
Until recently, autism in older adults went unrecognised. Although there has been more attention to autism in older adults in recent years, there is still a lot of unfamiliarity with the phenomenon and underdiagnosis in (mental) health care. Many care providers are reluctant to diagnose autism in later life, due to a l
| Condition(s) | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | Until recently, autism in older adults went unrecognised. Although there has been more attention to autism in older adults in recent years, there is still a lot of unfamiliarity with the phenomenon and underdiagnosis in (mental) health care. Many care providers are reluctant to diagnose autism in later life, due to a lack of knowledge about autism in older adults and because there is still very little scientific knowledge available for this target group. Although several multidisciplinary guidelines for autism in adults prescribe that after the diagnosis psycho-education is the first step in treatment, psycho-education is still only offered in a few places in the Netherlands. Psycho-education is important to help older people gain knowledge about their autism, to help them understand and a |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * minimum of 55 years old. * diagnosed with ASD or a probability diagnosis by a multidisciplinary team according to the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline, as confirmed by the DSM-5 interview for ASD (Spek, n.d.), or the Netherlands Interview for Diagnosis of ASD in adults (NIDA; Vuijk, 2023) Exclusion Criteria: * comorbid mental disorder that needs acute treatment and severely interferes with a group treatment (for example psychosis), * a major neurocognitive disorder (for example dementia or acquired brain injury), * substance abuse disorder, that requires detoxification, and/or * an IQ below 70. |
| Ages | 55 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | Tilburg University |
| Locations | Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands; Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands; Venray, Limburg, Netherlands; 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands; Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands; Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands (+5 more sites) |
| Start date | 2024-09-12 |
| NCT ID | NCT06127472 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06127472 |