A computer algorithm can identify the brains of autism patients with moderate accuracy based on scans taken at six months and one year ... who leads the eight-center Infant Brain Imaging Study Network ...

Many have sought insight on their own neurodiversity in the last decade — often after their children are diagnosed or after ...

First, the researchers established what typical brain connectivity development looks like in boys without autism. They used brain scans from 321 boys without autism to create a model of how ...

Severe self-injurious behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses a significant risk of permanent physical ...

Some psychiatrists may refer you to a psychologist, who can give you a standardized diagnostic autism test or will use their own clinical judgment. There is no brain scan or blood test for autism.

Here is what you need to know. Sign up here. There are no objective tools for diagnosing autism such as blood tests or brain scans. Instead, diagnoses are made based on observations and interviews.

It’s now called autism spectrum disorder (ASD ... “There is no single test like a blood test or brain scan for ASD diagnosis,” Jang says. “There is also no one single standardized ...

A brain scan can’t detect bipolar disorder. Mental health professionals typically use diagnostic interviews. Brain scans are still important for bipolar disorder research. MRI and CT scans can ...

The paper W. Yassin et al., “Paternal age contribution to brain white matter aberrations in autism spectrum disorder,” Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, doi:10.1111/pcn ...

A Phase I clinical trial shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is safe and feasible ...