Genetic data suggest that expanding diagnostic criteria may account for much of the increase in ADHD and autism diagnoses.

The rise in the number of cases of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) always ...

We must see the person before the diagnosis and ensure that our support systems foster collaboration between national and local governments.

Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely ...

Autism spectrum disorder is an emotionally crushing statement for parents to hear.  In 2025 CDC reported that 1 in 31 ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

A pilot study shows that a urine-based metabolite panel accurately distinguishes children with autism from typically developing peers. However, larger studies are needed to validate the approach.

Picky eating is a challenge most parents are familiar with, but for parents of autistic children, severe selective eating can ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved leucovorin to treat a neurological disorder with some symptoms similar to autism. Behavioral therapy payments are an easy target for fraud. Two outsiders who ...

For most of a century, psychiatry has kept its disorders in separate rooms. Schizophrenia in one. Bipolar disorder in another ...