Maddox, Brenna B.Kerns, Connor M.Franklin, Martin E.White, Susan W.2019-04-302019-04-302016-02-04Maddox B.B., Kerns C.M., Franklin M.E., White S.W. (2016) Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD). In: Matson J. (eds) Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer978-3-319-27169-9978-3-319-27171-2http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89258Anxiety is known to be a commonly, co-occurring phenomenon with autism. Also, in daily practice, these symptoms often are confused with core symptoms of autism. Accurately determining OCD and anxiety from autism has important implications for treatment. This chapter reviews current methods and procedures available to help make these distinctions.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 GenericAutismComorbidityAnxietyObsessive-compulsive disorderAssessmentDifferential diagnosisTreatmentBook chapterhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27171-2_13