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A Strategy to Identify de Novo Mutations in Common Disorders such as Autism and Schizophrenia
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Molecular genetic strategy for finding de novo mutations causing common disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.
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Eye Tracking Young Children with Autism
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Eye tracking has long been used to study gaze patterns in typically-developing individuals, but recent technological advancements have made its use with clinical populations, including autism, more feasible. While eye-tracking young children with autism can offer insight into early symptom manifestations, it involves methodological challenges. Suggestions for best practices are provided.
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Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Attention, working-memory, planning, impulse control, inhibition, and mental flexibility are important components of human cognition that are often referred to as executive functions. Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder that is characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors. It is a disorder that lasts a lifetime, and is thought to affect...
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Measurement of Fronto-limbic Activity Using an Emotional Oddball Task in Children with Familial High Risk for Schizophrenia
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This paper describes how to use the emotional oddball task and fMRI to measure brain activation in children and adolescents at familial high risk for schizophrenia (FHR). FMRI was used to measure differences in fronto-striato-limbic regions during an emotional oddball task. Children with FHR exhibited abnormal functional activation during adolescence.
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Schizophrenia
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2025
Schizophrenia, a term introduced by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1911, describes a severe psychological disorder marked by profound disruptions in attention, thought processes, language, emotion, and interpersonal relationships. The core feature of schizophrenia is psychosis — a state characterized by a fundamental detachment from reality. This disconnection manifests through distorted logic, impaired perception, and atypical behavior, severely affecting the lives of those diagnosed.
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Autism and schizophrenia may share effects on social functioning, communication, behavior, or perception, yet the overlap does not establish a common condition. Distinguishing characteristic symptom patterns and considering how they emerge along different developmental pathways helps clinicians interpret a presentation more accurately. This supports diagnosis and reduces the risk of treating superficially similar features as interchangeable.
Psychosis provides an important point of distinction when autism and schizophrenia are compared. Delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking belong to the psychotic symptom profile identified for schizophrenia, whereas autism is characterized through social communication, sensory processing, and restricted or repetitive patterns. Examining which pattern best fits the presentation helps support accurate diagnosis.
Neither condition can be explained by a single factor according to the overview. Genetic vulnerability, brain development, and environmental influences interact in complex ways, while symptoms emerge along different developmental pathways. This framework discourages overly simple explanations and encourages research and clinical interpretation that consider both biological susceptibility and the circumstances in which features become apparent.
Research that examines shared and differing biology may clarify why some features overlap while the overall conditions remain distinct. Comparing their relationships with genetic vulnerability, brain development, and environmental influences can improve understanding of brain function and mental health. Such work may also support more precise approaches to diagnosis, treatment planning, and psychosocial support.
Diagnostic evaluation should focus on the overall pattern of features rather than on one shared difficulty, such as a communication or social problem. Clinicians can consider whether the presentation aligns more closely with psychosis or with social communication, sensory processing, and restricted or repetitive patterns. This structured distinction supports accurate diagnosis and more appropriate subsequent care.
Accurate distinction allows care to be personalized to the condition and the person’s needs. Treatment planning can account for the different symptom patterns associated with psychosis, social communication, sensory processing, or restricted and repetitive behavior. The diagnosis also helps guide appropriate educational or psychosocial services, making support more relevant than a plan based only on overlapping features.
Educational and psychosocial services become important when differences in communication, social functioning, perception, or behavior affect everyday participation and support needs. Distinguishing autism from schizophrenia helps identify which services are appropriate for the presentation. In medicine, this connection extends diagnosis beyond labeling a condition by linking clinical understanding with practical, individualized assistance.