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Investigating the prevalence of anxiety disorders in autistic adults referred to the neurodevelopmental disorders clinic of Roozbeh hospital using the Structured clinical interview for DSM-5®

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Published Online: 2026-08-31

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Soltani, AmirAli

Kalantari, Amirali

Alaghband-rad, Javad

Motamed, Mahtab https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8934-7865
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Article History

Received: 31 December 2025

Accepted: 24 August 2026

First Online: 31 August 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study complies with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol has been approved by the local ethics review committee at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. (IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1402.548). All participants or their legal caregivers granted written informed consent for the publication of their data. Participants with the capacity to provide informed consent gave written informed consent. For participants who lacked decision-making capacity, written informed consent was obtained from their legally authorized caregivers (mostly their parents). Decision-making capacity was assessed clinically by the treating attending psychiatrist in accordance with institutional practice.

Consent for publication: All participants provided written informed consent for publication of anonymized findings.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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