February / March 2025

Familial confounding in the associations between maternal health and autism

[Original article appeared in Nature]

Professionally and non-professionally applied household insecticides during pregnancy and early life and their associations with autism spectrum disorder and developmental delay in the CHARGE case-control study 

[Original article appeared in Environmental Research]

Risk of autism spectrum disorder at 18 months of age is associated with prenatal level of polychlorinated biphenyls exposure in a Japanese birth cohort

[Original article appeared in Scientific Reports]

An Update on Microbial Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder with Gastrointestinal Symptoms

[Original article appeared in International Journal of Molecular Sciences]

Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare

[Original article appeared in Molecular Autism]

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) More Likely to be Diagnosed with Leukemia Than Those Without ASD

[Original article appeared in Epic Research]

Effects of vitamin D on brain function in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: a resting-state functional MRI study

[Original article appeared in BMC Psychiatry]

Pharmacological treatment in autism: a proposal for guidelines on common co-occurring psychiatric symptoms

[Original article appeared in BMC Medicine]

Physically inactive children have higher rates of depression and anxiety, study finds

[Original article appeared in PsyPost]

The epilepsy–autism phenotype associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: New mechanism-based therapeutic options

[Original article appeared in Epilepsia]

The global epidemiology and health burden of the autism spectrum: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

[Original article appeared in The Lancet Psychiatry]

Non-Health Issues

Autism spectrum disorder, social anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders: beyond the comorbidity

[Original article appeared in BMC Psychiatry]

Injury Rates Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder With or Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

[Original article appeared in JAMA Network Open]