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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ADHD and risk of injuries meta-analysed

I have already covered the growing peer-reviewed research base looking at the diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...

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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a risk factor for bipolar disorder

" Only irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) emerged as a risk factor for BD  [ bipolar disorder ]  supported by convincing evidence. " ...

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Gastrin-releasing peptide and autism continued

Yet another 'continued' or 'part 2' short post for you today, building on some previous - very preliminary research - talkin...

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Injury risk and ADHD: part 2

Consider this short post a sort of follow-on to a previous entry on this blog concerning the elevated risk of injury following a diagnosis ...

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Welcoming zonulin into autism research

I was VERY happy to read the paper published by Erman Esnafoglu and colleagues [1] suggesting that: " zonulin , which regulates intest...

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Mitochondrial mutations are not common in chronic fatigue syndrome but...

" We report the complete mtDNA [ mitochondrial DNA ]  sequence of 93 CFS  [ chronic fatigue syndrome ]  patients from the UK and RSA , ...

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Sensory issues in adult ADHD controlling for autistic symptoms...

I was intrigued to read the paper by Bijlenga and colleagues [1] reporting on " the prevalence of sensory hyper- and hyposensitivity a...

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"Asthma was associated with increased risk for schizophrenia"

'Big data' Taiwan is once again the topic of a post on this blog as the results published by Wei-Chen Wang and colleagues [1] ( ope...

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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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Risk of death by injury and autism

" Individuals with autism appear to be at substantially heightened risk for death from injury. " That was the research bottom line...

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L-methylfolate administration and autism: a case report

I should have really titled this post 'another case report' given yesterday's entry on this blog talking about a case of [untre...

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Presenting with the symptoms of autism and then diagnosed with phenylketonuria (PKU)

The case report from Betül Mazlum and colleagues [1] ( open-access available here ) illustrates once again that (a) the plural 'autisms...

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Autism and anxiety disorder: zooming in on the details

Although it is not necessarily new news that (a) autism rarely exists in some sort of diagnostic vacuum , and (b) that some of the comorbidi...

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