Psychosis in autism

This is also interesting.  When it came to the descriptions of how people with schizophrenia and autism communicate, I could relate more to the autism profile - but I don't have schizophrenia, I have schizoaffective disorder.

https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/social-ties-autism-schizophrenia/

Hi calmerchameleon - I'm guessing that people with deep paranoia could develop psychosis when under enough pressure - unless maybe it is part of a personality disorder? - again, I'm just guessing - maybe some people do things to keep themselves from becoming too unwell like eating super healthily.  My own problems started with OCD.  I would have written this as a reply to your comment but the button only appeared once I had replied to myself!  (Mind explain it all really well and with videos if you look up Types of psychosis on their website.). Also - there would appear to be (and I've only had a quick look) information on the web about type 1 diabetes being an autoimmune disorder - and also it being associated with other autoimmune disorders and autoimmune disorders can often trigger mental health problems - although I think there's one that helps protect against some of them.

I've seen researchers discussing psychosis and autism online but wasn't sure whether to link that page or not as I'm not sure if they are aware it can be seen by everyone - but if you search for information on psychosis and autism, it should come up.

I have a family member who has OCD. My observation is that that has been quite strongly correlated with anxiety for them - as in the symptoms get worse for them as anxiety increases.

I've been a tiny bit more bit researching around this topic as I like to understand areas of mental health and understand people who go through very difficult times.

I won't leave that last comment up as don't know if the organisation I mentioned would want to be mentioned -even though it was a positive comment  -but you should get an email notification with the comment in if you want to read it - if you haven't already.

Yeah, I really liked it. Sadly, the management of staff was their weak point and after nearly 10 years there, I handed in my notice just shy of 2020.

I'd like to work in mental health if I can find a role that works well for me in the area I'm now in.

That sounds like a really interesting job.

Yeah, I noticed the academic side :) My last job was working on communicating diabetes research. Having type 1 but also being very interested in type 2 diabetes and also essentially advocating for a whole range of conditions that crossover with diabetes - and, ultimately, that saw me crossing over into mental health quite strongly.

So, lots of looking at clinical studies for diabetes and mental health (and all sorts of other things) was part of my role.

Yes - it is related to anxiety.  It's very good of you to try to understand people with a range of conditions - I don't tend to look things up until they affect me - I've looked a few things up since being on here though - I'm quite academic so I think I am capable of finding good info and passing it on (I could be wrong though and I'm not boasting saying I'm academic - I make up for it by lacking common sense!).

Yes - it is related to anxiety.  It's very good of you to try to understand people with a range of conditions - I don't tend to look things up until they affect me - I've looked a few things up since being on here though - I'm quite academic so I think I am capable of finding good info and passing it on (I could be wrong though and I'm not boasting saying I'm academic - I make up for it by lacking common sense!).

I won't leave that last comment up as don't know if the organisation I mentioned would want to be mentioned -even though it was a positive comment  -but you should get an email notification with the comment in if you want to read it - if you haven't already.

Yeah, I really liked it. Sadly, the management of staff was their weak point and after nearly 10 years there, I handed in my notice just shy of 2020.

I'd like to work in mental health if I can find a role that works well for me in the area I'm now in.

That sounds like a really interesting job.

Yeah, I noticed the academic side :) My last job was working on communicating diabetes research. Having type 1 but also being very interested in type 2 diabetes and also essentially advocating for a whole range of conditions that crossover with diabetes - and, ultimately, that saw me crossing over into mental health quite strongly.

So, lots of looking at clinical studies for diabetes and mental health (and all sorts of other things) was part of my role.