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Error found in autism screening guidelines
The U.K. clinical guidelines used to screen for autism contain an error, which may have resulted in many delayed or missed diagnoses over the past decade.
![Doctor or clinician makes notes about patient during diagnosis.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210324-ConvoDiagnosis844.jpg)
Error found in autism screening guidelines
Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any kinds of mental illness. They don’t discriminate, affecting people of all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, ages and backgrounds.
![A plate with a slice of yellow cake sits on a blue plate on a light blue table cloth, surrounded by spoons and forks. This image places an emphasis on food and ritualized behaviors.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ConvoALexythemia-844.jpg)
Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection
Training caregivers can help keep autistic children safe
Behavioral skills training helps ensure that people with autism not only understand a new safety skill but are able to perform it accurately.
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Training caregivers can help keep autistic children safe
Cesarean sections tenuously tied to autism
A new study that combines data from more than 20 million births has found that a cesarean section delivery is associated with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
![Woman looks at her newborn from under the operating tent of c-section surgery](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190830-CSection844.jpg)
Cesarean sections tenuously tied to autism
Early-detection technique analyzes how children with autism scan faces
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, have developed a new autism detection technique that distinguishes among different eye-gaze patterns to help doctors more quickly and accurately detect autism in children.
![four year old looks at something out of frame.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190806-ConvoEye844.jpg)
Early-detection technique analyzes how children with autism scan faces
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In updated U.S. autism bill, Congress calls for funding boost, expanded scope
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The current Autism CARES Act sunsets in late September.
Ketamine targets lateral habenula, setting off cascade of antidepressant effects
The drug’s affinity for overactive cells in the “anti-reward” region may help explain its rapid and long-lasting results.
![Illustration of ketamine blocking open ion channels in active NMDA receptors, quieting the cells and disrupting downstream signaling involved in depression.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1200-ketamine-receptor-transmitter-neuroscience-1024x683.webp)
Ketamine targets lateral habenula, setting off cascade of antidepressant effects
The drug’s affinity for overactive cells in the “anti-reward” region may help explain its rapid and long-lasting results.