Families with a history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are also more likely to have a child with autism, new research from Sweden and Israel suggests. Researchers found that kids whose ...

New research has revealed clear correlations between a person's profession and their predisposition to several psychiatric traits and disorders, including ADHD, autism, depression, schizophrenia ...

Cory-Slechta said that at one point, autism was thought to be a childhood form of schizophrenia. "Like many complex disorders, it's not just one factor," she said.

Exposure to environmental pollution may cause brain changes that make people more vulnerable to developing autism or schizophrenia, according to a new study published in Environmental Heath ...

Psychologists once linked autism to schizophrenia—and blamed moms for both. Excerpt: Mind Fixers. By Anne Harrington. Published May 13, 2019 11:30 PM EDT.

They found the same deletion in two people with an autism spectrum disorder or cognitive impairment, and four adults with schizophrenia. None of the 43,076 healthy people tested had the deletion.

Neither autism nor schizophrenia is linked with psychopathy. And as for autism -- if it ultimately turns out to be what Lanza had -- that diagnosis is actually linked with reduced crime risk.

Researchers have identified 46 genes that can disrupt a process that is critical to early brain development. The finding could help scientists find new treatments for disorders including autism.

The comprehensive meta-analysis found that individuals with early-onset disorders characterized by language impairments — such as autism, schizophrenia and dyslexia — are significantly more ...

Copy number of a DNA domain involved in brain development correlates with the symptoms of schizophrenia and with autism as predicted by the diametric model. Skip to main content Mobile Navigation ...

Families with a history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are also more likely to have a child with autism, new research from Sweden and Israel suggests. Researchers found that kids whose ...