• Autistic Characteristics in a Nationally Representative Clinical Sample of Adolescents Seeking Medical Gender-Affirming Treatment in Norway 

      David, Linda; Stenberg, Nina; Diseth, Trond Haaken; Helverschou, Sissel Berge; Nyquist, Cecilie Bjertness; Øien, Roald A; Wæhre, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-06)
      Purpose - Several studies have reported on the intersection of autism and gender incongruence (GI) in clinical populations. This study aims to investigate autistic characteristics and registered autism spectrum diagnoses (ASD) in a clinical cohort of 83 adolescents referred to the National Gender Team for Children and Adolescents in Norway during 2020.<p> <p>Methods - Parents completed the Social ...
    • Functional Outcomes of Children Identified Early in the Developmental Period as at Risk for ASD Utilizing the The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) 

      Stenberg, Nina; Schjølberg, Synnve; Shic, Frederick; Volkmar, Fred R.; Øyen, Anne-Siri; Bresnahan, Michaeline; Svendsen, Britt Kveim; Tetzchner, Stephen von; Thronæs, Nina Torheim; Macari, Suzanne; Cicchetti, Domenic V.; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Suren, Pål; Øien, Roald A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-18)
      Early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is regarded as crucial for swift access to early intervention and, subsequently, better outcomes later in life. However, current instruments miss large proportions of children who later go on to be diagnosed with ASD, raising a question of what these instruments measure. The present study utilized data from the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child ...
    • What are we optimizing for in autism screening? Examination of algorithmic changes in the M‐CHAT 

      Schjølberg, Synnve; Shic, Frederick; Volkmar, Fred R.; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders; Stenberg, Nina; Torske, Tonje; Larsen, Kenneth; Riley, Katherine; Sukhodolsky, Denis G.; Leckman, James F.; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Øien, Roald A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-26)
      The present study objectives were to examine the performance of the new M-CHAT-R algorithm to the original M-CHAT algorithm. The main purpose was to examine if the algorithmic changes increase identification of children later diagnosed with ASD, and to examine if there is a trade-off when changing algorithms. We included 54,463 screened cases from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. ...