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Doyle, Alison; Kenny, Neil – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2023
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is contended to be a distinct presentation within autism characterised by extreme levels of anxiety in response to the demands of everyday life, manifested in excessive levels of demand avoidance. This results in complex interactions with service providers in education and health settings, impacting on outcomes…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety, Interpersonal Relationship, Evaluation Methods
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Carr, Alan; Dooley, Barbara; Fitzpatrick, Mark; Flanagan, Edel; Flanagan-Howard, Roisin; Tierney, Kevin; White, Megan; Daly, Margaret; Egan, Jonathan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To document the adult adjustment of survivors of childhood institutional abuse. Method: Two hundred and forty-seven adult survivors of institutional abuse with a mean age of 60 were interviewed with a protocol that included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, modules from the Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I Disorders of DSM IV…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Clinical Diagnosis, Attachment Behavior, Personality Problems