1. Brief Report: Public Awareness of Asperger Syndrome Following Greta Thunberg Appearances
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Ashley Keener, Micah Hartwell, Trevor Torgerson, Sara Coffey, Tessa Chesher, and Matt Vassar
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Famous Persons ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Mass Media ,Asperger Syndrome ,Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Mass media ,Consumer Health Information ,business.industry ,Public health ,05 social sciences ,medicine.disease ,Search Engine ,Autism spectrum disorder ,Asperger syndrome ,Autism ,Anxiety ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,050104 developmental & child psychology - Abstract
Thunberg's increased media attention coupled with her diagnosis-Asperger Syndrome (AS)-may foster help-seeking behaviors among those with similar psychiatric disorders. Using Google Trends data, we compared values of AS from the week of the UN Climate Summit through the end of the year compared to an ARIMA model predicting search interest had Thunberg not been in the media. The search trend for AS at peak was 254.07% higher than predicted and was on average 10.61 points above the projected model during this time. As the primary goal of AS intervention focuses on improving quality of life and preventing common comorbidities such as depression and anxiety, capitalizing on increased public interest in AS and help-seeking behaviors is imperative. more...
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- 2020
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