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Editorial: Sensory Features and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sensory differences have been recognized as a feature of autism since Leo Kanner, and current diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) list hyper- or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual sensory interests as one of four manifestations of restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs).1 So…
Rogers Behavioral Health Raises $83M, Acquires Outpatient Provider
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin-based nonprofit Rogers Behavioral Health has raised more than $83.3 million in municipal bonds to fuel a multisite expansion plan and refinance old debt. About $35 million will go to its capital projects, while $46 million will refund existing bonds, according to public bond…
‘This Is What Maturity Looks Like’: How Increased Scrutiny in Autism Can Advance Progress
Join leading names in the autism therapy industry at Autism Investor Summit East in Washington, D.C., Nov. 9–10. Featured speakers will include Alisha Simpson-Watt, founder of Collaborative ABA Services, and Elizabeth Broomfield, managing partner of Aquitaine Capital, who are quoted below. Connect with other providers,…
Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Ketamine in a POLG-Related Disorder
Original Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, all rights reserved. — POLG is a nuclear gene that encodes a subunit of the enzyme that is involved in replicating mitochondrial DNA, DNA polymerase gamma. Mutations in this gene can result in a variety of genetic conditions known…
Mortgage Lending Risk Maps From the 1930s Influence the Prevalence of Youth Mental Health Problems in the Modern Era
Historical mortgage lending policies and practices serve as a key foundation of modern-day socioeconomic systems. Few of these structural legacies have been as powerful as those for 20th century mortgage lending risk maps – often referred to as redlining. Although extant studies have identified mental…
Targeting Parental Risk Factors for Children’s Anxiety: A Factorial Randomized Trial with Three Intervention Components
Parent-focused interventions have the potential to reduce parental risk factors for children’s anxiety. We tested three theoretically distinct intervention components, targeting distinct parental risk factors, to improve understanding of the role of these factors in children’s anxiety, and to guide intervention program development. — Excerpt from…
Stranger Things
Firearms are ubiquitously depicted in entertainment media, often in the context of violence. Researchers examining top-grossing films found that firearm violence in PG-13 movies more than doubled from 1985 to 2015 and, in some years, exceeded the level of firearm violence depicted in R-rated films.1…
Scalable and Systematic Neurobiology of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes (SSPsyGene) Consortium: Data Resource and Administrative Coordination Center
This concept aims to continue the Data Resource and Administrative Coordination Center (DRACC) of the Scalable and Systematic Neurobiology of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes (SSPsyGene) Consortium to support ongoing needs for data production and analysis that will continue beyond the current DRACC project…
Advancing Real-World Effectiveness Evidence for Rapid-Acting Psychotropic Interventional Drugs
The overarching goal of this concept is to encourage research that aims to better understand the real-world effectiveness of rapid-acting psychotropic interventional drugs (RAPIDs) in heterogenous patient populations and generate the actionable evidence needed by healthcare systems to guide broad clinical implementation. Read More…
National NeuroHIV Tissue Consortium
The National NeuroHIV Tissue Consortium (NNTC) supports HIV and neurological research by providing high-quality clinical data, biospecimens, and post-mortem tissues. This initiative will sustain and modernize the NNTC as a national resource for studying NeuroHIV, aging-related conditions, antiretroviral therapy, and HIV cure efforts. Read…
NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS)
This concept continues the successful NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) program that encourages potentially transformative high-risk, high-reward research from exceptional early stage investigators. The NIMH BRAINS program focuses on research priorities and gap areas identified in the NIMH Strategic Plan…
BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools and New Approaches for Neuroscience Research
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative plans to continue supporting the development of innovative and transformative neurotechnology tools and approaches that enable the interrogation of cell- and circuit-specific processes in the central nervous system with greater specificity and higher cellular resolution. This…
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