ABSTRACT
Autistic people are susceptible to the same range of psychiatric disorders as non-autistic people. It is worth noting, however, the huge fluctuations in the reported prevalence of co-morbid psychiatric conditions within the autistic population. The diagnostic criteria and assessment tools used; the individual factors of age, gender, and presence of an intellectual disability; the person’s presentation; and the concept of clinician diagnostic overshadowing can all influence the presentation and recognition of co-morbidities.
