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Autism and Co-existing Conditions in Children
It is estimated that around 70% of people with autism have one mental health condition (such as anxiety, ADHD, depression or OCD) and around 40% of the 70% will have more than one. Some of these mental health conditions begin in childhood and are sometimes referred to as co-occurring or co-existing conditions.
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Anorexia nervosa and autism: a prospective twin cohort study
Video abstract from Lisa Dinkler on ‘Anorexia nervosa and autism: a prospective twin cohort study’. First published: 04 June 2020
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Autism, a parents guide with Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian. Episode 1 ‘Identifying Autism – getting the right diagnosis’
Ann looks at the types and behaviours in children may get parents/carers to question if their child could be autistic, and what they can do to. This podcast series is supported by the Autism Diagnostic Practice at Clinical Partners.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder edition
This edition of ‘The Bridge’ focusses on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Both of these can resemble each other with the over-focus, special interests and anxieties seen in ASD resembling the obsessions of OCD, and the routines, rituals and need for order and sameness that can be seen in ASD resembling the compulsions in OCD.
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In Conversation… Autism Diagnosis Trends
The first prevalence studies estimated one in 2,500 children were autistic whereas the latest figures indicate around one in every 39 children is reported to have an autism diagnosis. Dr Ginny Russell discusses why we may have seen such an exponential increase.
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Professor Uta Frith on the changing nature of autism research
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Jonathan Green and Jon Spiers discuss early intervention in autism
Prof. Green has recently published a randomised trial of parent-mediated intervention for infants at high risk for autism.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 07, July 2023
Editorial: “What’s in a name? Drawing on the examples of autism and schizophrenia, some reflections on diagnostic labels and their future role in child and adolescent psychiatry” by Angelica Ronald
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Editorial: What’s in a name? Drawing on the examples of autism and schizophrenia, some reflections on diagnostic labels and their future role in child and adolescent psychiatry
Free Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The diagnostic labels that children and adolescents receive feed into their treatment access and future potential but also to their self-identities. […] the choice of labels used in child and adolescent psychiatry should remain a priority, in light of their impact on translational science, treatment and on individuals, alongside the ever-evolving nature of language itself’. Angelica Ronald (pic)
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 05, May 2023
Editorial: ‘Is autism overdiagnosed?’ by Eric Fombonne
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