Stress and Mental Flexibility in Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Abstract: 

William S. Stone, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
and Massachusetts Mental Health Center

ACMES Biomedical Advances of Autism Conference
August 18, 2013

ASDs are strongly associated with repetitive, restricted, inflexible behavior and thinking. Stress is an important moderating factor in standard and social cognition that frequently exacerbates these functions. Stress reduction – and cognitive improvement – may be more attainable than we sometimes think in ASD.

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