Completion of Upper Secondary Mainstream School in Autistic Students in Sweden.

Higher education is an increasingly necessary achievement to attain employment. However, even in cases where a student has the academic skills to succeed, educational environments may not support students across all other domains necessary for education success, including social and communication needs. This is especially true for students with disabilities and autistic students, where the rate of completion of non-compulsory education is unknown.

[PANS and PANDAS - research diagnoses where psychiatric management is central].

PANS and PANDAS are research diagnoses characterized by acute presentation of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric and/ or somatic symptoms. A hypothetical neuroinflammatory pathogenesis has directed proposals for evaluation as well as treatment in PANS. However, confirmed evidence of such a mechanism is lacking, which contributes to uncertainty concerning clinical management.

Measuring clinical outcomes in children with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome: data from a 2-5 year follow-up study.

Background: It is unclear how to best measure the complex symptom presentation of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS).

Methods: Well-characterized participants of a 2-5 year follow-up study (n = 34; 56% male) underwent clinical evaluations and completed scales assessing global symptom severity, functional impairment and specific psychiatric symptoms. We explored inter-correlations between the measures and used intraclass correlation coefficients to evaluate the agreement between clinician-, parent- and child ratings of the same constructs.

Clinical guidance for diagnosis and management of suspected Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome in the Nordic countries.

Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome is a clinical concept used to describe a subgroup of children with sudden onset of psychiatric and somatic symptoms. The diagnostic term and especially management of children differs depending on the clinical setting to which they present, and the diagnosis and management is controversial. The aim of this paper is to propose a clinical guidance including homogenous diagnostic work-up and management of paediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome within the Nordic countries.

Qualification for upper secondary education in individuals with autism without intellectual disability: Total population study, Stockholm, Sweden.

Obtaining a quality education is important for any individual's chances of leading a healthy and thriving life. Currently, educational policies in many countries underscore the rights of students with autism to be educated in mainstream schools. While there is some knowledge on school outcomes among students with autism from older studies, little is known about rates of qualification for upper secondary education among children with autism in mainstream schools today.