This edition of The Bridge focusses on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Both of these can resemble each other with the over-focus, special interests and anxieties seen in ASD resembling the obsessions of OCD, and the routines, rituals and need for order and sameness that can be seen in ASD resembling the compulsions in OCD. To complicate matters they can often also co-occur. However, they are distinct disorders/conditions and should not be confused since treatments and management strategies differ.
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Research Digests
- Children with ASD at heightened risk for maltreatment
- Cognitive flexibility in OCD: challenging the paradigm
- Connecting the senses: an area of difficulty in infants later diagnosed with autism?
- Dysregulation profile risk may be identified in infancy
- Working memory deficits may compromise cognitive flexibility in OCD
- Young people's lived experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder