How helpful is a 'geek index'?

A quote to begin: " male offspring of older fathers had higher ‘geek index’ scores, a composite measure of high IQ , strong focus on th...

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Adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea and autistic behaviours?

Adenotonsillectomy refers to the surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids  and is typically indicated for a variety of reasons, not le...

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Optimal outcome and the autism spectrum: implications for the risk of psychiatric comorbidity?

" The minority of the AS  [Asperger syndrome]  group who no longer met criteria for a full diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder wer...

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Adult outcomes following childhood psychiatric problems

A long quote to begin: " If the goal of public health efforts is to increase opportunity and optimal outcomes, and to reduce distress, ...

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Early pregnancy maternal hypothyroxinemia and offspring ADHD symptoms

" Children exposed to maternal hypothyroxinemia in early pregnancy had more ADHD  [ attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ]  symptom...

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Autism secondary to enterovirus encephalitis

" We describe a 32-month-old patient with enteroviral encephalitis confirmed by polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid, with...

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Maternal thyroid dysfunction and autism or ADHD?

The  paper by Andersen and colleagues  [1] talking about the risk of offspring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or autis...

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Optimal outcome (and autism) by any other name

In my annual review of all things autism research covered on this blog, the accolade of paper of the year for 2013 went to [drum roll maest...

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Autism and optimal outcome: the continuing saga

I think it's fair to say that the paper published by Deborah Fein and colleagues * (discussed in this post and this post ) was a bit of...

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Anxiety disorder comorbid to autism

I've said it before and I'll say it again: a diagnosis of autism (or autism spectrum disorder ) is seemingly protective of nothing w...

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