Sleep treatments may help to ameliorate depressive symptoms in autistic adults

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Could sleep treatment be the key to addressing depression symptomology in autistic individuals? A study published in Autism Research suggests that sleep disturbances may be a cause of depression in autistic adults. Autism has a high comorbidity with both depression and sleep problems. While the relationship between sleep disturbances and adverse mental health outcomes has been well-documented in a normative sample, it has not been studied with specific regard to individuals with autism. This is a significant gap in the literature, especially because of the aforementioned high comorbidities. Th…

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