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22 year old son with autism having mental health difficulties. Any advice?
Has anyone else come across this or are there any other parents out there of an adult with mental health who would be free for a chat as struggling on what to do to help him etc any help appreciated
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Hi
No personal experience on this but here is a thought.....
The National Autistic Society have some information about autism and mental health on their website: http://www.autism.org.uk/about/health/mental-health.aspx it says that the information is taken from journal article by Dr Anastasios Galanopoulos, Dr Dene Robertson, Ms Debbie Spain and Dr Clodagh Murphy , I wonder if it would be possible to contact those experts (even if it was just via the internet). If so, maybe they could give you some pointers about what you could do next.
Best Wishes
Jean
Jean Merrilees BSc MRCOT
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Hi gregory56,
Hope you are ok, I can understand the difficulties you are currently experiencing. I have Asperger syndrome and chronic obsessive compulsive disorder myself. It impacts on my life on a day to day basis. I've found that exercise is very important and can help when the OCDs are overwhelming. I have to try and manage my mental health through medication which in turn has side effects and hasn't greatly improved my mental health. If you ever want to chat then please let me know.
Take care,
SofRoch
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Hi @gregory56 how are you getting on?
We have a guest post this week about OCD that I thought you might be interested in?Scope
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