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• Epidemiology of Childhood Brain Disorders: ADHD and Autism

  
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  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has published a comprehensive summary of the epidemiology of childhood brain disorders in the most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . This report produced some sensationalized headlines that up to 20% of children suffer from a mental disorder.   However, I ...
  3 days ago

• One in Five Children Suffer Mental Health Issues, ADHD Tops CDC’s List

  
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  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes that one in five children suffers from mental health issues. According to the agency, mental health disorders in children range from ADHD and substance disorders to depression and other issues. In a news release, CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden writes: ...
  4 days ago

• DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Has Arrived: Are Ari Neeman and John Elder Robison Still Autistic?

  
  Facing Autism in New Brunswick — Authority: 125
  The DSM5 has been released and is now beginning to impact the world of autism.  Most discussion of the DSM5s New Autism Spectrum Disorder has ignored the effect of the language of mandatory criterion A which will act to exclude from autism diagnosis those with severe intellectual disability. Most of the discussion ...
  4 days ago

• Study Shows Children with Autism are at Higher Risk for Video Game Addiction

  
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   According to a recent study conducted by the University of Missouri (MU), autistic children are spending more time watching television or playing video games than children without the disorder. The study also found that children diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) were significantly more prone to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Epilepsy Drug During Pregnancy Linked To Autism

  
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  Expectant mothers who take the popular anti-epileptic drug valproate during pregnancy should be aware that there is an increased risk for their child developing autism compared with children of women who did not take the epilepsy drug, according to a recently published Danish study. Valproate is a drug used for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Extremes in Birth Weight Tied to Greater Risk of Autism

  
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  A new study reports that babies whose growth in the womb is at either end of the extreme — either very small or very large — are at a greater risk of developing autism. According to researchers at The University of Manchester in the U.K., the new study shows a clear link between babies who grow to above average ...
  2 weeks ago

• Help for my son

  
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  I am happy to say that Jeremy is doing better in school and in life. I am so proud of him for going to counseling, etc. and not putting up a fight. It takes a strong person to accept help. The hospital helped a lot I think (even though he was not happy at first) and the new team of doctors. I am also super happy ...
  3 weeks ago

• Help for my son

  
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  I am happy to say that Jeremy is doing better in school and in life. I am so proud of him for going to counseling, etc. and not putting up a fight. It takes a strong person to accept help. The hospital helped a lot I think (even though he was not happy at first) and the new team of doctors. I am also super happy ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Placental Prognosis for Autism

  
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  Only the imprinted brain theory explains how and why placental abnormalities mirror those in the brain that increase risk of autism and—contrariwise—psychosis. read more
  3 weeks ago

• Young adults with autism face challenges in adult world

  
  Inside Children's — Authority: 138
  On the surface, my 20-year-old son looks like a typical young adult, so most folks hear his loud voice and see his strange behavior and conclude that he is “weird.” There is no way for them to know that Matthew has a high functioning autism spectrum disorder ( ASD). His disability is invisible, and yet incredibly ...
  4 weeks ago

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