Published in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · View the paper (DOI)
A large study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that a diagnosis of autism alone is not associated with an increased risk of violent offending. Instead, conditions like ADHD that co-occur with autism may increase this risk.
Coverage from 2 institutions
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Largest study to date finds autism alone does not increase risk of violent offending
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Article 1
University of Bristol · May 31, 2017 · first to report
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Article 2
Elsevier · Jun 1, 2017