From 2011 to 2020, emergency room visits for mental health reasons among U.S. youth went up dramatically. Many of these ...

The last 2 decades of autism research have proven fruitful, yet procedures aimed at early diagnosis are still unused in intervention practice.

A former police officer turned PhD student explains why her research centres on improving risk assessments for domestic abuse ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects millions of families worldwide—yet myths, stigmas, and misunderstandings still surround it.

Overwhelmed by the high costs of autism therapy and resources, Nurul Dhamirah started an Instragram page to share her journey ...

If you paid for a TV licence in the years between 1997 and 2005, you might have caught Sue Nelson, then the BBC’s science ...

The prompts are taken from the AQ-19 test, a widely used screening tool for people aged 16 and over, which helps doctors ...

DOES your child struggle in social situations or find it hard making new friends? Has autism crossed your mind? If so, you’re ...

Researchers at Indiana University are developing a new test that could dramatically shorten the time it takes to diagnose ...

Background Child maltreatment (CM) encompasses physical, emotional or sexual abuse, physical or emotional/psychological neglect or intimate partner (or domestic) violence and is associated with ...