Comorbidities
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Sequential
one disorder affects the other, example children with high functioning ASD are more likely to have anxiety or depression
What percentage of psychiatric comorbidities occur in ASD
72%, depression-13, phobia-44, ocd-37, odd-7, comorbidity is a rule rather than an exception
Simultaneous
one disorder does not affect the other
Comorbidity in ASD
varies on age, IQ, sex, and across life span
Comorbidity
when two or more disorders occur in the same person, core symptoms differ from first disorder
