Psychiatric and psychosocial problems in adults with normal-intelligence autism spectrum disorders.

Thygesen, Kate Wolfe, Andrew McQuillin, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Marina Viñas-Jornet, Neus Baena, Genetics Laboratory, UDIAT-Centre

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental conditions characterised by persistent deficits in social reciprocity. Deficits in emotion perception are common

Correct Response rates (CR) were first analysed within each group using a 2 2 4 2 repeated-measures ANOVA with Group (Comparison versus ASD) as a between-subjects factor, and type

Secondly, because the risk of suicidality can be explained by high levels of depression and alexithymia in the general population (Angst et al. 2004) and because antidepressant

We found that the attention patterns differed according to species, with dogs displaying more gazes and cats more glances toward their human interlocutor, while children showed

These data should help understand better the development of both perception of, and response to, simple-shape stimuli and movement effects considering that, for example,

A review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of psychosocial interventions in children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD or

Screening of the NSD1 gene in a cohort of 88 familial and sporadic cases of autism and macrocephaly did not reveal any intragenic mutations or deletions, indicating that Sotos