Mental health · UKMLA & AKT
Autism spectrum disorder
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
Key high-yield points
- Lifelong neurodevelopmental condition - qualitative impairments in social communication/interaction + restricted, repetitive behaviours
- Prevalence ~1% in UK; male:female ratio ~3-4:1 - females frequently underdiagnosed due to camouflaging/masking
- ~50% of people with ASD also have a learning disability; ADHD co-occurs in 50-70%
The MMR vaccine does NOT cause autism. This originated from a fraudulent, retracted 1998 paper. A common exam distractor.
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