Psychiatric News (8/1) reported a study found that “an intervention focused on emotion regulation can help” teens and young adults with autism “significantly reduce their daily impairments to living.” Researchers observed that after 16 weeks, youth who participated in “Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE), a 16-module program rooted in mindfulness that teaches individuals to become more aware of and better regulate their emotions,” had “significantly greater improvements in symptoms related to emotion regulation than the active control group. Overall, 63% of EASE participants showed strong improvements in their daily functioning, compared with 44% receiving the active control.” Furthermore, “EASE participants also showed statistically significant improvements in internalizing and externalizing symptoms from baseline, whereas only the latter improved in the active control group.” The study was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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— “Emotion Regulation Therapy Is Effective for Teens and Young Adults With Autism , Psychiatric News, August 1, 2025