Autism and Psychosis: Intersecting Spectrums

In this session of the STEP LC Early Psychosis Educational Series, Dr. Apurva Bhatt, MD, psychiatrist and Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses the overlap and differentiation between Autism and Psychosis. Dr. Bhatt provides a history of the evolution of Autism and psychosis spectrum disorders in the DSM, including key diagnostic overlaps and distinguishing features between the two spectrums. She also provides programmatic treatment adaptations that can be made to support this population.