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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

The ability to mentalize is a fundamental capacity required in our social environment and impairments may utilise a risk for clinical psychiatric disorders (A. Bateman & Fonagy, 2008). Individuals on the autism spectrum often experience comorbid depression, social stress, and difficulties in relating to themselves and others.