Autism Spectrum Disorders News

There is no significant correlation between maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder in offspring, according to study data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Use of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-up, or MCHAT-R/F, appears accurate in the detection of children at a younger age and reduces the number of children that need follow-up, according to study data in Pediatrics.

Oxytocin showed beneficial effects on socio-communicational deficits among men with autism spectrum disorder, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Sleep disturbances may be related to media use in boys with autism spectrum disorder, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

Problem-solving education, a cognitive-behavioral intervention, can help reduce parental stress and depressive symptoms after a child is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to recent study results.

A study looking at children with autism spectrum disorder and their mother’s prenatal records showed an association between maternal weight gain and risk for autism diagnosis.

Researchers in Sweden report that autism spectrum disorders are not associated with celiac disease or inflammation. However, there was an association between the presence of normal mucosa but positive results on the celiac disease serologic test and the disorders.

Researchers have identified a gene in which a loss of function could contribute to aspects of Prader-Willi syndrome and possibly complex autism, according to data reported in Nature Genetics.

Mealtime in families of children with autism spectrum disorders caused increased stress for the mothers and altered the family dynamic, according to the results of a narrative-based study.

Siblings of those with autism spectrum disorders are at increased risk for the disorders themselves compared with siblings of those without autism spectrum disorders, according to recent study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.