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Toxic Chemicals Autism – Business Insider

by admin on April 26, 2012

Now research from The Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Center, and published in Environmental Health Perspectives, lists 10 chemicals that are likely to cause autism and other learning disorders, including attention …

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Top 10 Chemicals Most Likely to Cause Autism | Inhabitots

by admin on April 25, 2012

New research from Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center points out the top environmental toxins linked to autism and other learning disorders.

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Say Yes To Autism, but No to Mental Health Parity …

by admin on April 19, 2012

Passage of a Mental Health Parity law is long overdue.

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Effects of Physical Exercise on Autism Spectrum Disorders | Autism …

by admin on March 27, 2012

Anyone can tell you that routine exercise has positive physical and mental health effects for the average person. It is not a far stretch to make the assumption that this would also be the case for individuals with autism .

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Autism – 2.23.12 « Autism Speaks Official Blog

by admin on February 23, 2012

All mental health disorders should get insurance coverage, not just autism , coalition says (Lansing, Mich.) Legislation that would require insurers to cover autism treatments unfairly singles out one condition, says a coalition …

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Black Children Tend to be Diagnosed with Autism Later than White …

by admin on February 16, 2012

Black Children Tend to be Diagnosed with Autism Later than White Children -Mental health and Psychiatry news-

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“@PeterBrownPsy: Autistic man struggles in Iowa’s mental health system http://t.co/Lpyc0rlv #autism”

by admin on February 5, 2012

“@ PeterBrownPsy : Autistic man struggles in Iowa’s mental health system http://t.co/Lpyc0rlv # autism

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Why the definition of autism matters – – CNN.com Blogs

by admin on January 24, 2012

Editor's note: Dr. Charles Raison, CNNhealth's mental health expert, is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Experts Weigh Changes to Definition of Autism – iVillage

by admin on January 20, 2012

FRIDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) — The number of people diagnosed with autism will likely decrease if a new definition of the disorder is adopted by mental health experts later this year.

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Redefining Autism: How it Could Change Treatment and Policy …

by admin on January 19, 2012

The Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) is a dictionary that defines and classifies all mental health disorders. First published in 1952, …

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