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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2018 Apr 11;51:32–37. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2018.03.009

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics, Health Status, and Psychiatric Treatment Use (n = 1,340)

Demographics and Psychiatric Treatment Use Depression/anxiety + ASD (n = 268) Depression/anxiety only (n = 1,072)
Sex
 Male 68.7% 68.7%
 Female 31.3% 31.3%
Race/Ethnicity
 African-American 7.9% 7.9%
 Hispanic 4.1% 4.1%
 White 84.3% 84.3%
 Other 3.7% 3.7%
Mean age 26.20 26.20
 18–29 years 76.1% 76.1%
 30–39 years 13.1% 13.1%
 40–49 years 6.7% 6.7%
 50–65 years 4.1% 4.1%
Chronic illness 6 month pre-depression/anxiety diagnosis 4.1% 2.3%
Chronic illness during 2009 11.9% 12.6%
Other comorbid psychiatric disorder
 ADHD*** 10.4% 3.3%
 Bipolar 14.9% 12.9%
 Substance abuse*** 4.1% 21.9%
 Schizophrenia 5.6% 4.2%
 Intellectual disability*** 8.2% .6%
 Other psychiatric disorder** 28.0% 20.1%
Psychotropic medication use among full sample
 Antidepressant 51.1% 51.6%
 Antipsychotic*** 39.6% 21.5%
 Benzodiazepine 28.0% 24.2%
 CNS stimulant*** 11.9% 6.1%
Monthly mean number of psychotropic medication use days among users
 Antidepressant*** 24.18 16.91
 Antipsychotic*** 25.04 15.35
 Benzodiazepine*** 20.78 14.67
 CNS stimulant* 23.22 18.74
Talk therapy use
 Individual talk therapy 73.5% 72.1%
 Individual talk therapy for anxiety/depression* 57.1% 64.3%
 Group therapy* 0.7% 2.9%
 Case management*** 27.2% 7.7%
Monthly mean number of talk therapy use among users
 Individual talk therapy*** .64 .44
 Individual talk therapy for anxiety/depression .35 .37
 Group therapy .10 .28
 Case management* .61 .41
Two or more psychotropic medication use** 47.0% 36.3%
Three or more psychotropic medication use* 20.9% 15.2%

Note.

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001.

Values in bold font indicate the significantly higher group.