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ASD, SUD and gender
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2020
Abstract
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Introduction
Autism and substance use disorder (SUD) is not the co-morbidity that is commonly considered. Yet these conditions have more commonalities than one would suspect.
Objective
We will consider the evidence for co-morbidity between ASD and Addiction (Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and explore the influence of gender.
Method
A pilot study of 80 admissions to an adult ASD unit will be presented.
Results
The co-morbidity ASD and SUD in this study was very high (65% of the inpatients). There were no gender differences in prevalence in total but addiction to medication (32% in woman vs. none in man) and eating disorders (24% in women vs. 9% in man) was far more common in women whereas addiction to drugs (13% in man vs. none in women) was far more common in man.
Conclusions
There are clear indications that a possible co-morbidity of substance abuse disorder should be considered in cases of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. There are no gender differences in prevalence of co-morbidity ASD and SUD in total but addiction to medication and eating disorders seems to be much more common in women whereas addiction to drugs probably more common in man.
Disclosure of interest
The author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.
- Type
- e-Poster viewing: Substance related and addictive disorders
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. s882 - s883
- Copyright
- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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