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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Physical exercise as a nootropic of choice

Nootropic, defined as a 'smart drug' or cognitive enhancer , is generally taken to mean a substance/compound/medicine that has some ...

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"Medical Conditions in the First Years of Life Associated with Future Diagnosis of ASD"

I rank the paper by Stacey Alexeeff and colleagues [1] ( open-access available here ) as being in the 'pretty important' category w...

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Autism, gastrointestinal disorders and comorbidity clusters

I start this post with a few important observations. Please feel free to disagree with me (as long as you can provide peer-reviewed evidence...

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Schizophrenia and C-reactive protein

Discussions on the various studies hinting at a possible connection between inflammation (however you wish to define this) and autism, at l...

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Mental health and autism

This is a topic I have been wanting to blog about for quite a while. There are lots of reasons why; mainly centred around discussions on the...

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