Pre-pregnancy weight and risk of offspring ADHD

" Compared to normal weight mothers, the risk of having a child with ADHD  [ attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ]  was significan...

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Antidepressants during pregnancy and autism in offspring (with care)

There are a few topic areas in the quite vast autism research landscape that consistently seem to keep cropping up. The possibility of some ...

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Antidepressant use in pregnancy and risk of offspring ADHD?

Here we go again. Antidepressant use during pregnancy comes under the spotlight yet again ( see here ) as per the findings reported by Tako...

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On abuse exposure and mate selection

The paper by Andrea Roberts and colleagues [1] is offered up for brief discussion today, and a slightly uncomfortable but nonetheless poten...

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Autoimmune disease(s) and ADHD: birds of a feather?

" A personal history and a maternal history of autoimmune disease were associated with an increased risk of ADHD  [ attention-deficit ...

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Maternal pregnancy CRP levels and offspring autistic traits

Elevated levels of inflammatory markers present during pregnancy have been linked to quite a few labels and diagnoses down the years. Schizo...

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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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Elevated offspring autism in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

" Compared to children from the general population, children born to women with SLE  [ systemic lupus erythematosus ]  have an increase...

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Smoking during pregnancy and autism risk: no association (again)

Question: Does tobacco smoking during pregnancy elevate the risk of offspring autism? Answer: According to the meta-analysis published by Sh...

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Psychiatric history + infection during pregnancy increases the risk of psychosis in offspring

The title of this (hopefully) brief post mirrors the conclusion reached by Åsa Blomström and colleagues [1] who analysed data pertinent to ...

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Inflaming inflammation and psychiatry

The systematic review published by Mitchell & Goldstein  [1] kinda says it all when it comes to our current view of the topic of inflamm...

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Environmental exposure and autism continued

In a post not-so-long-ago I talked about the paper by Andrey Rzhetsky and colleagues [1] and their assertion that environment (various fac...

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Anti-brain antibodies and behavioural profiles of autism

Anti-brain antibodies have been quite a recurrent theme in autism research circles over the past few years. I've covered research in th...

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