Autism Spectrum Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: A Dual Diagnosis Hiding in Plain Sight.

This article explores connections between ASD and SUD and the impact on development, screening and treatment. The article proposes culturally constructed narratives associated with both diagnoses may be responsible for the dearth of research and literature. Constructed narratives of ASD and SUD do not naturally intersect and the resulting disconnect can create a cognitive dissonance that could allow the medical and general community to neglect this life-threatening dual diagnosis. PMID: 32471596 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32471596?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Medical Clinics of North America - May 31, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kunreuther E Tags: Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am Source Type: research