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A study explores the link between autistic traits and mental health in middle childhood. Changes in core autistic traits correlate with the development of additional mental health challenges in primary school years. The research suggests the interaction between autism traits and mental health evolves over time. The study is the first to demonstrate an association between mental health challenges and increased social-communication difficulties in autistic children., Health News, Times Now

Brain Scans Reveal New Autism Subtypes by Pooja Shete on  December 23, 2020 at 10:25 PM The research conducted at the UC Davis Mind Institute is published in the journal Biological Psychiatry. The research was based on the brain scans taken over many years as part of the Girls with Autism, Imaging of Neurodevelopment (GAIN) and Autism Phenome Project (APP) studies that showed the importance of longitudinal studies that follow the same children from diagnosis into adolescence. Big Brains For the first study, the researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to track the...