Autism Spectrum Disorders Archives

PsychBriefs: January 6-12, 2008 - January 11, 2008

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Study Shows Teens Widely Abuse Cough Syrup The most recent survey on teen drug use shows that 3.1 million teens and...
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Autism Linked to Brain Overgrowth in First Year of Life - December 11, 2007

Brain overgrowth between the ages of six and twelve months may may contribute to the development of autism, suggests research presented at last week's American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. The study, led by Joseph Piven, M.D., director of the Neurodevelopmental Disorders...
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High Testosterone Levels in the Womb May Cause Autism - September 17, 2007

An eight-year study by British researchers has linked high levels of testosterone in the womb to increased incidence of autistic traits later in life. Dr. Simon Baron Cohen, the director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge...
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PsychBriefs: April 28-May 4, 2007 - May 4, 2007

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. This week: April 28-May 4, 2007. Mentally Ill Die 25 Years Earlier People treated for serious mental illness in public systems...
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Autism Genome Project Indentifies New Genetic Links - February 20, 2007

An international research project analyzing DNA samples from 1,168 families with two or more children with autism has located two possible sites linked to the development of the disorder: a "previously unsuspected" region of chromosome 11 and the deletion of...
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Antipsychotic Drugs May Also Help Autism - February 7, 2007

Second generation antipsychotics are in the news yet again: Just weeks after quetiapine was found to aid recovering anorexics, risperidone has been shown helpful in treating some symptoms of autism spectrum disorders according to a review of three randomized trials...
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Oxytocin to Treat Autism Symptoms? - December 3, 2006

Researchers from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine are experimenting with oxytocin, a hormone tied to social cognition, to treat symptoms of autism. Adults with autism and Asperger's syndrome received intravenous doses of either oxytocin or a saline placebo and...
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