EICHORCondition: Autism Spectrum Disorder · Sponsor: Tilburg University
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Until recently, autism in older adults went unrecognised. Although there has been more attention to autism in older adults in recent years, there is still a lot of unfamiliarity with the phenomenon and underdiagnosis in (mental) health care. Many care providers are reluctant to diagnose autism in later life, due to a lack of knowledge about autism in older adults and because there is still very little scientific knowledge available for this target group. Although several multidisciplinary guidelines for autism in adults prescribe that after the diagnosis psycho-education is the first step in treatment, psycho-education is still only offered in a few places in the Netherlands. Psycho-education is important to help older people gain knowledge about their autism, to help them understand and accept this diagnosis, in order to subsequently make the treatment of the problems, with which they turn to the mental health care, more appropriate and effective. The aim of this study is to contribute to better recognition and diagnosis of autism among older adults. This research also aims to improve a psycho-education program for older adults and investigate its effects. The scientific research question is whether training in ASD for health care professionals results in better recognition and detection of ASD in older adults, and whether participation in the psycho-education course for older adults, who have been diagnosed with autism, or have received a probability diagnosis ASD, contri…
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Arjan Videler, Dr. · +3188-0162336 · a.c.videler@tilburguniversity.edu
Ileen Verbeek, Msc., LLM. · +316 17501397 · i.c.verbeek@tilburguniversity.edu
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Inclusion Criteria: * minimum of 55 years old. * diagnosed with ASD or a probability diagnosis by a multidisciplinary team according to the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline, as confirmed by the DSM-5 interview for ASD (Spek, n.d.), or the Netherlands Interview for Diagnosis of ASD in adults (NIDA; Vuijk, 2023) Exclusion Criteria: * comorbid mental disorder that needs acute treatment and severely interferes with a group treatment (for example psychosis), * a major neurocognitive disorder (for example dementia or acquired brain injury), * substance abuse disorder, that requires detoxification, and/or * an IQ below 70.
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| GGNet Ouderen (Elderly) | Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| Mondriaan Ouderen (Elderly) | Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| Vincent van Gogh Ouderen (Elderly) | Venray, Limburg, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| Reinier van Arkel | 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| GGzE Nestor | Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| SeneVita GGZ | Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| GGz WNB Ouderen (Elderly) | Halsteren, North Brabant, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| GGz Breburg PersonaCura | Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands | Recruiting |
| GGz NHN Frailty | Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| GGz Mediant | Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands | Active Not Recruiting |
| Dimence | Deventer, Netherlands | Recruiting |
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