Infant Social Avoidance Predicts Autism but Not Anxiety in Fragile X Syndrome

Conclusion: ASD, ADHD and anxiety symptoms relate inconsistently to social avoidance behaviors, providing new insight toward the debate of independence or overlap among these disorders in FXS and other disorders (i.e., ASD). The results suggest that the nuanced profile of the developmental and temporal aspects of social avoidance may inform more the accuracy of differential diagnoses of comorbid psychiatric disorders in FXS.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research