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Suicide Risk Screening for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: New Insights

Psychiatric Times

1 As a result, leading pediatric organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children’s Hospital Association, declared a pediatric mental health crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Autism Dev Disord. Autism Res. Embrace Autism.

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Sauerkraut and Social Anxiety

Psychiatric Times

Unlike persons with schizoid personalities, or those on the autism spectrum, who also shun human interactions, Morris bemoaned his limitations and wished he could be different, and more like his affable and socially adept brother.

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As a Psychologist, I’ve Seen Many Children Misdiagnosed as Autistic—It’s a Clinical Catastrophe

Mad in America

T he one-size-fits-all autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, as configured in the Revised Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5-TR), is a clinical catastrophe. He left the hospital assessment clinic with an autism misdiagnosis and a recommendation for placement in an autism kindergarten.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony

Mad in America

During his last year of college, Tony was prescribed medications for obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, just as many others on the autism spectrum are prescribed multiple drugs that only contribute to their distress. I asked her how she did it while he was in the hospital. Do you believe race played a role?

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“What to Expect After Your AuDHD Diagnosis”

ADDitude

Take This Self-Test: Autism in Girls ] But thats just the tip of the iceberg. I was misdiagnosed, hospitalized, over-medicated, and left without improvement or answers. My lack of eye contact. My tendency to self-isolate. And the stims. Oh, the stims. Every aspect of my life had been a baffling uphill battle.

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Day # 149: Other Eating Disorders (Avoidant/Restrictive, Rumination, & Pica)

Bullet Psych

Proposed risk factors include anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder, OCD, ADHD, developmental delays , children of parents with eating disorders , and a personal history of gastrointestinal conditions.

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Occupational Therapy Meets Behavior Analysis (with Shalini and Sumanta Das, BCBAs & OTs)

Behavioral Collective Podcast

Being an experienced Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and an Occupational Therapist gives her a unique perspective and helps her create programs for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) and other developmental disabilities. You know, either two hospitals, or clinics, or you know, wherever OTs are basically.