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SUMMARY:Promoting Psychological Health Among Adolescents and Adults on the
  Autism Spectrum - Prof. Somer Bishop &amp\; Dr. Shuting Zheng\, Universit
 y of California San Francisco
DTSTART:20220606T143000Z
DTEND:20220606T153000Z
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Weir
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nIndividuals on the autism spectrum experience high 
 rates of depression. However\, relatively little is known about the longit
 udinal course of depressive symptoms\, how they relate to individual life 
 circumstances\, or how autistic adults living in the community make use of
  mental health services. This presentation details several findings from a
  natural experiment design in which we longitudinally examined how disrupt
 ions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with depressive sympt
 oms in a large\, verbally fluent group of adults on the autism spectrum.\n
  \nPresenter:\nSomer Bishop\, PhD\nDr. Bishop is an Associate Professor in
  the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Weill Institute 
 for Neurosciences at UCSF. She is a clinical psychologist with expertise i
 n the assessment\, diagnosis\, and treatment of individuals with autism sp
 ectrum disorders. Her research and clinical interests are focused on ASD s
 ymptom manifestations in individuals of different ages and levels of abili
 ty\, as well as on differentiating between ASD and other developmental dis
 abilities across the lifespan.\n \nShuting Zheng\, PhD\, BCBA\nDr. Zheng i
 s a postdoctoral scholar at UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral S
 ciences. Her research interest has developed around profiling developmenta
 l heterogeneity in autism and identifying novel treatment targets to promo
 te treatment individualization\, with a focus on mental health. Dr. Zheng 
 currently leads a longitudinal study with a cohort of SPARK young adults w
 ith autism to examine the effects of depression services and life circumst
 ances on depressive symptom over time
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85130861934?pwd=c1l1czdNSFVaUzdtRDRPSlU
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