Questions and answers about autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Autism spectrum disorders are a group of complex brain development disorders. This umbrella term covers conditions such as autism, childhood disintegrative disorder and Asperger syndrome. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - April 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: disabilities [subject], physically disabled, mentally disabled, disabled persons, people with disabilities, mental disorder [subject], psychiatric illness, mental illness, Q & A [doctype] Source Type: news
People with autism are 'dying younger,' warns study
Conclusion
These are distressing figures for anyone with ASD, and their friends and families. But we need to remember what the figures actually represent: people with ASD in this Swedish population sample had an increased risk of dying during follow-up relative to the people without ASD.
These results do not mean that people with ASD have the certainty of a shortened life. Average figures don't tell you about what will happen to one individual.
Although some previous studies showed that people with ASD have a higher risk of dying sooner than those who do not have the condition, they were too small to look at the detail ...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Medical practice Neurology Source Type: news
Play Therapy Is More Than Child’s Play
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato
Some issues that clients bring to the counseling office can be addressed via talk therapy, while others respond more adroitly to non-verbal interactions. For those in the younger set, being able to express themselves beyond words is an essential aspect of healing. Play Therapy is best suited for those ranging in age from 3-16 years old.
The Association for Play Therapy (APT) defines play therapy as “the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists ...
Source: Psych Central - March 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Autism / Asperger's Caregivers Children and Teens Creativity Disorders Family General Psychology Psychotherapy School Issues Treatment Aspergers Syndrome Association for Play Therapy Attachment disorder Attachment Theory Auti Source Type: news
Microsoft launches scheme to hire people with autism in the UK
The pilot scheme will begin by recruiting 10 people with autism or Asperger syndrome to be based at the firm's offices across the country, including Reading and in London. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Studying The Minds Of Cultural Icons May Combat Mental Illness Stigma
Marilyn Monroe lives in our cultural imagination as one of the most iconic actresses in Hollywood history. But underneath the famous blonde curls and sex-kitten voice, there's a complex woman who likely suffered from borderline personality disorder, according to science journalist Claudia Kalb. Biographers and commentators have long struggled to make sense of Monroe's contradictory personality. The actress "yearned for love and stability," and yet often lashed out at those she cared about. "What is clear is that Monroe suffered from severe mental distress," she writes in her stirring new book...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Police shoot, kill Arizona woman with Asperger's
Police in Mesa, Arizona, say they didn't know a 24-year-old, knife-wielding woman had Asperger's, a high-functioning variant of autism, when they shot and killed her Thursday (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - February 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Was Dr. Asperger A Nazi? The Question Still Haunts Autism
Hans Asperger identified autism as a spectrum of disorders in the 1930s, but his work was ignored for decades because he went on to work under the Nazis. Research and treatment suffered as a result. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Steve Silberman Source Type: news
Asperger's May Be More Common in Kids With Gender Dysphoria (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Small study finds almost a quarter of kids with gender dysphoria likely to have Asperger's (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Youths with gender dysphoria have higher rates of Asperger syndrome
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study provides clinical data to support growing evidence that autism spectrum disorder is more prevalent in children and adolescents with gender dysphoria than in the general population. Among youths seen at a pediatric gender clinic who were screened for ASD, 23 percent possibly or likely had Asperger syndrome, according to the study published in LGBT Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The importance of interviewing adults on the autism spectrum about their depression and suicidal ideation experiences - Bennett M.
This letter will summarise the current body of literature on adults with Asperger syndrome and their depression and suicidal ideation experiences. The purpose of this summary is to highlight the lack of published research on adults with Asperger syndrome o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
3 Ways to Transform Fatigue Into Relief When Communicating This Season
This time of year there is a lot to communicate about and lots of places where we can communicate. Many of us are attending parties at work and events with friends and relatives. We are also out planning all that is involved in the production of our holidays. In the encounters above we share and talk about our work, our family and the successes or defeats we have experienced in those areas. Sometimes the sharing can make us feel and sound like robots because we may have developed a habit of reporting it without much connection to what we're saying. I call this communication fatigue. At the core of the fatigue we suffer...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
1 In 45 Children In The U.S. Has Autism, According To New Estimate
By: Cari Nierenberg Published: 11/13/2015 01:37 AM EST on LiveScience
About 1 in 45 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new government estimate of the condition's prevalence in 2014.
This new report is based on data collected during the yearly National Health Interview Survey, from interviews of parents about their children, and is the first report of the prevalence of autism in the U.S. to include data from the years 2011 to 2014, according to the researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Although the new estimate looks like a significant increase from...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 13, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Some Children Do Outgrow Autism, But It's Not What You Think
In the largest national study of children with autism to date, researchers examined one of the most mysterious aspects of autism spectrum disorder: that it sometimes simply vanishes. An estimated 1 in 68 children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the U.S., but researchers are beginning to take note of a small minority of children with ASD who seem to "grow out" of their diagnoses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed more than 1,400 children with ASD -- the largest nationally representative sample of children with autism to date -- and found that about 13 percent of them seemed t...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Some Children Do Outgrow Autism, But It's Not What You Think
In the largest national study of children with autism to date, researchers examined one of the most mysterious aspects of autism spectrum disorder: that it sometimes simply vanishes. An estimated 1 in 68 children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the U.S., but researchers are beginning to take note of a small minority of children with ASD who seem to "grow out" of their diagnoses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed more than 1,400 children with ASD -- the largest nationally representative sample of children with autism to date -- and found that about 13 percent of them seemed t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Psychosocial Interventions for Genetically Influenced Problems in Childhood & Adolescence
This study, Rende writes, “illustrates what we typically see when we evaluate psychosocial interventions. They are not easy to administer, but they have positive effects — and no side effects.”
Meanwhile, Rende points out, abusive or neglectful parenting can influence gene expression. He refers to “the increasing evidence that maltreatment may interact with genes and alter the expression of genes.” Luckily, psychosocial interventions to prevent the recurrence of abusive and neglectful parenting have shown promise.
More than a decade since the Human Genome Project, Rende reminds us that “genetic findings are no...
Source: Psych Central - October 14, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Claire Nana Tags: Addictions Autism / Asperger's Book Reviews Children and Teens Disorders General Genetics Psychology addiction and genetics books on genomics genetically influenced disorders genetically influenced problems in childhood genomics an Source Type: news
