Early Screen Time and Behavioral Symptom Trajectories in Children With Autism and ADHD: A Longitudinal Cohort Study - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Purpose Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be especially sensitive to early screen exposure due to sensory and emotional vulnerabiliti...

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Behaviours That Challenge in Special Schools: Heterogeneity of Profiles Among Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Implications for Educational Support

Background This study aimed to examine the types and frequency of challenging behaviours (CB) among students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in special education schools and identif.....

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Vaccine Hesitancy in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Purpose This systematic review and meta-analysis examined vaccine hesitancy and related vaccination behaviours in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-related populations. We aimed to quantify the burden of...

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Exploring the implementation and integration of structured medication reviews in primary care: a qualitative evaluation using normalisation process theory

Background Structured medication reviews (SMRs) were introduced into primary care in England in 2020 for patients living with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC), polypharmacy, increased frailty, in ...

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A Systematic Review of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): A Veritable Diagnosis or a Case of Circular Logic? - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Purpose To assess the current level of evidence supporting the distinct diagnosis of PDA by evaluating the use of the diagnostic tools currently available. Methods A comprehensive search of three bibl...

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Trends in Self-Reported Autism Among Adults in England: Analysis of a Repeated Cross-Sectional Patient Survey Series of 5,999,433 Adults - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Purpose Whether autism is increasing is a subject of growing interest to researchers, health and social care professionals, policymakers, and the general public. We examined trends over time in the pr...

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Psychiatric and neurological predictors of early ADHD medication discontinuation across the lifespan: a multinational study

Background Early discontinuation of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication is common and linked to worse outcomes. Identifying clinical predictors could aid personalised treatment ...

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A Qualitative Exploration of Paid Carers' Experience of Caring for Men With Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability and Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Background Paid carers supporting men with Intellectual and Developmental Disability and Harmful Sexual Behaviour face complex challenges which can affect the carers well-being and quality of care f...

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The Clinical Threshold for Treatment in Psychiatry

This Viewpoint highlights the determinants of treatment thresholds that should be considered for psychiatric care and explores the implications of recent developments in clinimetrics in this field.

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Repetitive Behaviours in Williams Syndrome: A Cross‐Cultural Comparison Between the United Kingdom and Japan

Background Williams syndrome (WS) is a relatively rare neurodevelopmental condition characterised by distinctive cognitive and behavioural phenotypes, including restricted and repetitive behaviours ...

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A Multimodal Investigation of Flexibility and Socialization in Autistic Children With and Without ADHD - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Purpose This study investigated the multiple components of flexibility in autistic children with and without co-occurring ADHD, and their associations with social functioning. We aimed to determine AD...

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Comparative Properties of Two Self‐Report Measures of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Psychometric and Clinical Utility

Objectives We compared two measures of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)—the NIAS and the PARDI-AR-Q to determine which demonstrates better psychometric and clinical utility. Metho...

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Reading Minds in Stories: Neural Dynamics of Affective Perspective-Taking Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Purpose Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is characterized by prominent difficulties with affective perspective-taking, which have been mainly investigated through autistic individuals’ behavioral and e...

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Investigation of the Lived Experience of Family Members of a Person With Intellectual Disabilities Who Presents With Pica

Background Pica, the persistent ingestion of non-nutritive substances, poses significant health risks for individuals with intellectual disabilities yet remains under-recognised, particularly in hom...

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Motor Disorders in Autism: From Comorbidity to Core Criterion

While repetitive movements are recognized as a diagnostic hallmark of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in frameworks such as the DSM and ICD, other motor disturbances, including gait atypicalities and ....

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Autism-ness Does Not Exist, but Autism Does, Part 2: The Perception-Language Chimera Model Accounts for the Nature, Chronology, and Interrelation of Autistic Signs - Laurent Mottron, Jade Desrosiers, ...

One of the most influential attempts to characterize and explain the perceptual atypicalities of autism, as well as their relationship to the linguistic and soc...

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Conceptualizing Functioning Levels of Theory of Mind Ability and Performance in Preschool to School‐Aged Autistic and Neurotypical Children

Autistic children often show reduced theory of mind (ToM). However, existing ToM measures neither sufficiently distinguish ToM ability from performance nor interpret both scores effectively, limiting...

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Changes in Genetic Contributions to ASD and ADHD by Year of Diagnosis

This cohort study investigates changes in the genetic risk profile of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) over years with incr...

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Stigma Resistance by Adult Self‐Advocates With Intellectual Disabilities

Background People with intellectual disabilities continue to experience stigmatisation, yet little is known about how they manage or resist stigma. The present study aimed to qualitatively explore s.....

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Limited Discrepancy Between Cognitive Ability and Daily Living Skills in Autism: A Longitudinal Study From Ages 2–25

Many autistic individuals with average or higher cognitive abilities (also referred to as intelligence quotient; IQ) exhibit weaker than expected daily living skills (DLS). However, existing evidence...

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Persistent health inequalities over 20 years among adults with intellectual disabilities who display behaviours that challenge: evidence from English primary care records | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Co...

Persistent health inequalities over 20 years among adults with intellectual disabilities who display behaviours that challenge: evidence from English primary care records - Volume 12 Issue 3

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Psychological Treatment for Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) and Avoidant Restrictive Feeding Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Objective To produce a consensus statement on the psychological treatment of feeding/eating aversions seen in pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), ...

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EarlyMind‐ID: Co‐designing an Early‐Signs Informant‐Based Checklist and Tracking Framework for Dementia in Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Background Adults with intellectual disabilities, particularly those with Down's syndrome, are at increased risk of developing dementia, yet early changes are often subtle and first noticed by famil.....

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Immediate and Underlying Causes of Death and Survival Rates in Aging Adults With Down Syndrome

Background To describe immediate and underlying causes of mortality (using ICD-10 codes) and survival rates of aging adults with Down syndrome (Ds). Method This secondary analysis used the Healthy...

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Towards a shared diagnostic process: whose diagnosis is it anyway?

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Untangling Sex and Gender Differences in Impression Management and Associated Autism Features in French Autistic Adults

Some autistic individuals camouflage their behavioral differences, a phenomenon that overlaps with general impression management (IM). Few studies have examined IM in autistic people, particularly ou....

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