Lisa Quadt

Nov 18, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Beth Sutton |Lisa Quadt |Annabel Rowney-Smith

The authors have declared no competing interest. The author(s) received no specific funding for this work. I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.

Sep 28, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Lisa Quadt |Chatrin Suksasilp |Abigail McLanachan |Blaise Boulton

AbstractPerceptual accuracy for interoceptive signals, such as heartbeats, varies in a trait-like manner across individuals and may influence the capacity for emotion regulation and vulnerability to affective symptoms, notably anxiety. Here, we demonstrate that an interoceptive training protocol improved perceptual accuracy in two tasks of heartbeat perception and reduced both state and trait anxiety in a subclinical sample, extending previous findings in autistic adults.

Jul 22, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Lisa Quadt |Rod Bond |Neil Harrison |Jenny Csecs

DiscussionUsing a large birth cohort, we found a link between neurodivergent traits in childhood and increased frequency of experiencing chronic disabling fatigue in adolescence, mediated by levels of childhood inflammation. We found that children who scored above cut-off on parent-reported autism and ADHD measures at ages 7 and 9 years were approximately two times as likely to meet self-reported criteria for chronic disabling fatigue at age 18 years.

Mar 19, 2024 | bmjpublichealth.bmj.com | Jessica Eccles |Dorina Cadar |Lisa Quadt |Alan Hakim

Notes about this articleLong COVID represents one of the greatest clinical challenges and public health burdens of a generation.

Nov 2, 2023 | liebertpub.com | Lisa Quadt |Gemma A. Williams |James Mulcahy |Dennis Larsson

Introduction Loneliness negatively affects physical and mental health, both in neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals.1,2 However, rates of loneliness are up to four times higher in autistic than nonautistic individuals,3 and autistic individuals have a greater vulnerability to the negative physical and psychological consequences of loneliness.4 At the same time, stereotypes persist that autistic people, in contrast to nonautistic individuals, are unmotivated to seek out meaningful...