Various childhood psychiatric disorders may be risk factors for later substance abuse

" Childhood ADHD  [ attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ] , ODD  [ oppositional defiant disorder ] , CD  [ conduct disorder ] , an...

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Is gluten avoidance linked to a lower risk for depression?

I've talked a few times on this blog about how avoiding dietary gluten both within ( see here ) and outside of ( see here ) the context...

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Anxiety disorder is rife in 'high-functioning' autism

" Lifetime prevalence rates of 53.5% for depressive disorder 73.5% for anxiety disorders and 37.5% for ADHD  [ attention-deficit hype...

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Youth with autism talking about death and/or suicide

" Per parent report, 22% of youth with ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  had several day periods when they talked about death or suicide...

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Anxiety levels in kids with autism meta-analysed

The results of the meta-analysis published by Francisca van Steensel & Emma Heeman [1] (open-access) on the topic of anxiety levels in ...

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Vitamin D deficiency is rife in an in-patient psychiatric unit for young people

" Adolescents within tier 4 adolescent mental health services may be at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency and so assessment of vita...

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Reducing depression scores (in IBS) using a probiotic?

" Probiotics can reduce symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) , but little is known about their effects on psychiatric comorbidit...

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On a 'bidirectional relationship' between depression and autoimmune disorders

" We replicated the finding that autoimmune disorders are frequently comorbid with depression , using a longitudinal national birth co...

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The extra-intestinal effects of coeliac disease autoimmunity?

" In 3.5-year-old children, CDA [ coeliac disease autoimmunity]  is associated with increased reports of child depression and anxiety,...

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Depression in parents of children with autism

" Mothers ( OR 2.95, 95% CI 2.81-3.09) and fathers (OR 2.41, 95% CI 2.25-2.58) of children with ASD [autism spectrum disorder]  were m...

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Fatigue in adults with a 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

The genetic condition called  22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) has, on occasion, provided some research fodder for this blog ( see her...

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History of bipolar disorder = elevated risk of dementia: is vitamin D important?

" History of BD  [ bipolar disorder ]  is associated with significantly higher risk of dementia in older adults. " So said the sy...

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A high index of suspicion for mitochondrial disease in autism?

The paper by Bradley Brown & Theodore Rais [1] (open-access available here ) lies at the centre of today's brief musings and yet an...

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Pregnancy antidepressant use and risk of offspring autism (again)

" Use of antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors , during the second and/or third trimester increases the...

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Exercise as medicine by diagnostic label

I consider the paper by Pedersen & Saltin [1] ( open-access available here ) to be pretty good scientific value insofar as their provid...

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Theory of mind and major depressive disorder

Today I'm briefly serving up the paper by Emre Bora & Michael Berk [1] for your daily reading and the results of their meta-analysi...

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Vitamin D levels and autism meta-analysed

A quote to begin: " Levels of serum 25(OH) D in participants with ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  were significantly lower than contr...

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