Melanie Farkas Stark's research while affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and other places

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To address the paucity of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) protocols available to treat anxiety in preschoolers with ASD, we piloted a family-centered CBT protocol in a series of 16 children aged 3–7 years with ASD and anxiety disorders and explored its feasibility and efficacy. Children were assessed at baseline, post-treatment (PT), and 4-month...

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... This aligns with earlier research indicating that children with ASD often experience more severe symptoms associated with greater challenges [20][21][22]. Furthermore, age-related patterns suggest that younger children exhibit more severe ASD symptoms, while geographical analysis points to regional variances in the severity of ASD, corroborating with previous findings that younger age correlates with a higher level of ASD-related difficulties [23,24]. ...