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A 745-child cohort found positive MCHAT-R/F autism screens in 22 of 218 children exposed to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy (10.1%) vs. 30 of 527 pre-pandemic controls (5.7%; …
Read articleA 2026 medRxiv preprint did not find one simple autism excitation-inhibition signature. Bertelsen et al. found 2 EEG-derived E:I neurosubtypes in 286 autistic males: a 47% inhibition-dominan…
Read articleA 2026 ALSPAC analysis tested a narrow claim behind routine genetic screening for childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD): whether rare c…
Read articleA 2026 RNA-seq analysis of 1,711 autistic probands found 3 gene-expression clusters: 425 people with more severe restricted and repetitive behaviors than the other clusters, 282 with milder …
Read articleA 2026 case report linked 1 mg nightly guanfacine modified-release to first-ever cessation of intrusive deliberate self-harm thoughts in a 16-year-old with attention-deficit/hyperactivity di…
Read articleChildren with intellectual disability are 3–4x more likely to have a comorbid psychiatric disorder than peers without ID. A 2026 nationwide Korean study by Joo and colleagues tracks how thos…
Read articleFor two decades, headlines have linked autism to maternal obesity, depression, anxiety, gestational diabetes, infection, autoimmune disease, and antidepressant use. The studies behind those …
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