Autistic People's Perspectives on Functioning Labels and Associated Reasons, and Community Connectedness
CONCLUSION: The proposed best option for language preferences is not to find consensus but instead, opt for the optimal choice that people find the least offensive or disagreeable. This means using identity-first language and not using functioning labels.PMID:38507152 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06316-3 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nathan Keates Farradeh Martin Krysia Emily Waldock Source Type: research

Autistic traits, sensory sensitivity and eating disturbances in a sample of young adults referring to a generalized mental health clinic
CONCLUSIONS: This study underlines the significance of the eating domain as a central psychopathological feature in the distress experienced by young adults with general psychiatric symptoms and psychological suffering; it adds evidence to the association between autistic traits and eating disorders and opens to new research questions about the role of subthreshold autistic traits in general psychopathology.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level I: Evidence obtained from experimental studies.PMID:38261082 | PMC:PMC10806192 | DOI:10.1007/s40519-024-01639-7 (Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD)
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - January 23, 2024 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Veronica Nistic ò Gianmarco Ingrosso Francesco Lombardi Elia Chiudinelli Giulia Bianchini Raffaella Faggioli Angelo Bertani Orsola Gambini Benedetta Demartini Source Type: research

Whither Asperger ’s Post DSM-5? An Opinion Piece
AbstractAlthough first described in 1944 (the year the description of infantile autism), Asperger ’s syndrome attracted little attention until the publication by Lorna Wing in early 1980. Over time, different views of the definition of Asperger’s syndrome developed. By the time of the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and the Tenth Ed ition of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Disease, enough information had accumulated to include the condition within the broader autism category. Asperger’s syndrome remained a focus of research ...
Source: Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - January 3, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Psychiatric Screening Measures in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
CONCLUSIONS: The use of cutoff scores on screening measures for primary psychiatric disorders resulted in potentially problematic positive screens of primary psychiatric disorders among persons with bvFTD. Identifying specific questions that distinguish between bvFTD and primary psychiatric disorders requires further study.PMID:37981780 | DOI:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230041 (Source: Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - November 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter S Pressman Joie Molden Hal S Wortzel Evan Plys Jonathan H Woodcock Christopher M Filley David B Arciniegas Source Type: research