In the not-too-distant future, psychiatrists might be able to diagnose neurodivergent disorders like ADHD and autism in as little as 15 minutes. Using only a high-definition motion sensor and an ...

Using a new training model, primary care providers improved their confidence to make more in-house diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder, keeping patients off of lengthy specialty clinic wait lists.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

March 16, 2010 (Updated March 18, 2010) — Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is at least 3 times more effective at identifying genetic abnormalities in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than other ...

Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind test for autism that they say can find markers of risk in a single strand of hair, an innovation that might help clinicians identify it in young children ...

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