Self-harm & Self-Injury – Episode. 9 ‘Autism a parents guide’

For this podcast, focusing on autistic children who harm themselves, we are joined by Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian, and Dr. Penny Williams. This podcast is supported by Clinical Partners.

11 November 2021

Do autistic girls have better communication and interaction skills than autistic boys?

There is ongoing debate as to whether autism spectrum disorder (ASD) differentially affects males and females. Several meta-analyses have found little difference between males and females with ASD in terms of social communication and interaction skills. However, such analyses have often relied on diagnostic instruments such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition 2 that may not be sensitive to how autism presents in females. What’s more, many have been based on global scores, that reflect overall social communication and interaction skills, which could miss subtler differences in specific domains.

19 October 2021

Autism and Eating Disorders – CAMHS around the Campfire

FREE informal journal club ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’ welcomes Dr. Francesca Solmi, UCL, to discuss her JCPP paper ‘Trajectories of autistic social traits in childhood and adolescence and disordered eating behaviours at age 14 years: A UK general population cohort study’.

Event type

Informal Journal Club

Location

LIVE STREAM

Language and communication problems, and their relation to non-language difficulties – In Conversation with Dr. Hannah Hobson

In this podcast we talk to Dr. Hannah Hobson, Lecturer in Psychology and Researcher at York University, and head of the Emerald Lab (Emotional and Mental Health Research in Autism and Language Disorders).

3 September 2021

Tony Attwood on Autism – Adolescent Issues for Autistic Teenagers

Bookings are now closed.

Event type

Live Stream

Location

LIVE STREAM

Congratulations to Professor Francesca Happé CBE

We are delighted and proud to announce that Professor Francesca Happé, ACAMH Board Member and past Joint Editor of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2000-2006), was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the study of autism.

5 January 2021

Cognitive inflexibility contributes to both externalising and internalising difficulties in ASD

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) commonly experience internalising and externalising symptoms, but the underlying cognitive mechanisms are unclear. In their latest study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Ann Ozsivadjian and colleagues examined the role of three cognitive factors that might contribute to these difficulties.

14 December 2020

How effective is medication for ADHD symptoms in children with ASD?

Clinically significant attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are common and impairing in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).1 Moreover, ADHD is the most common co-occurring mental health diagnosis driving increased rates of medication use in children with ASD.

14 December 2020

Are autistic behaviours a trait or a state of anorexia nervosa?

Anorexia nervosa (AN) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) seem to co-occur more frequently than would be expected by chance.1,2 Yet because most studies investigating the nature of this co-occurrence have used a retrospective design, where the data are prone to recall bias, we don’t know whether the elevation of autistic traits in AN is present from childhood or rather from AN onset.

19 October 2020

Do sex differences affect ASD symptom severity scores?

Researchers in the USA have investigated whether standard diagnostic assessments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are biased against girls.

2 October 2020