The psychiatrists who literally write the book on the definitions of mental illness have announced their plan to group all autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger's syndrome, under a single category.
Here's a remarkable statistic you may not have heard: white children are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder than are their Hispanic peers.
A chilling new technique shows the intricate and coordinated activity of previously mysterious pieces of the synapse, the all-important junction between neurons that allows cells to talk to each other.
In the spirit of Thanks-giving, those dealing with autism received some welcome news last week: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Abilify (aripiprazole) as a treatment for autism-related irritability.
Rare mutations that increase the risk of neuro-psychiatric diseases usually occur in only one copy of a gene. What happens when both copies are mutated?
