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Prenatal Exposure to Folic Acid Appears to Promote Healthy Brain Development 
Psychiatric News (Thursday, 5 July) - Increased prenatal exposure to folic acid, which is known to reduce the risk of neural tube defects, may also promote healthy brain development through adolescence, reports a study published in... -
Autistic Traits Associated With Elevated Depression in Youth Aged 10 to 18 Psychiatric News (Monday, 18 June) - At age 10, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those with high levels of autistic traits have more depressive symptoms than children in the general population, reports a study... -
Social Communication Impairments in Childhood Sometimes Linked to Later Suicidal Behavior Psychiatric News (Tuesday, 22 May) - Children who have difficulty communicating in social situations—a trait common in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—may be at higher risk for suicidal ideation and behavior in late adolescence compared... - Asperger Killed Disabled Kids For The Nazis
Science 2.0 (Thursday, 19 April) - All of the intellectual elites who joke they have Asperger's or are "on the spectrum" as an excuse for behavior they know is simply annoying or weird are now going... -
Review Examines Evidence to Support Use of Prenatal Supplements to Prevent Mental Illness Psychiatric News (Thursday, 22 March) - Previous studies suggest that certain prenatal supplements can enhance fetal brain development, but less is known about whether these supplements decrease the subsequent risk of mental illness in offspring. A... -
Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk Psychiatric News (Thursday, 4 January, 2018) - Women who take folic acid and multivitamins before and during pregnancy appear to reduce their risk of having a child with autism, according to a large study in Israel.Compared with... -
High Rates of Polypharmacy Found Among Adults With Intellectual Disability Seeking Psychiatric Care Psychiatric News (Monday, 6 November, 2017) - By the time adults with intellectual disability sought specialized psychiatric outpatient services in a Canadian clinic, 70% had already been prescribed one psychotropic medication, and 22% had received three or... -
Technical, Clinical Advances Make ECT Safe, More Effective for More Patients Psychiatric News (Monday, 23 October, 2017) - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) should be regarded as a valuable treatment for severe major depression based on severity of illness, “not just because all other treatments have failed,” said Charles Kellner,...
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