Autism severity aggregates with family psychiatric history in a community-based autism sample

This study explored how family psychiatric history is related to clinical presentation of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Higher amounts of first-degree family psychiatric history was associated with higher autism symptom severity as measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2). The contribution of psychiatric family history requires ongoing investigation.PMID:34652072 | DOI:10.1002/aur.2625

Source: Cell Research - October 15, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Danielle Sipsock Hasmik Tokadjian Giulia Righi Eric M Morrow Stephen J Sheinkopf Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) Source Type: research