Researech finds that the untested drug, Citalopram, a medication commonly prescribed to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), was no more effective than a placebo at reducing repetitive behaviors, according to researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and other NIH institutes. The study is published Archives of General Psychiatry.
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In a national survey conducted by the University of Minnesota, primary care physicians report that they are more likely to ask patients with autism about complementary alternative medicine (CAM) use. These physicians also seek more CAM education for this population. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 1 in 150 children in the [...]

According to a report from the Associated Press (AP),the director of U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, is advocating testing chelation therapy as a treatment for the autism. Chelation is a controversial in medical some circles , in part, because it is based upon the theory that autism is not necessarily a genetic disorder.
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The epidemic of autism in California continues to worsen, according to analysis at the M.I.N.D. Institute of the University of California Davis.
According to a released by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) , analysis by Rick Rollins co-founder of the Institute found that California added 3,385 new cases of professionally diagnosed, full syndrome autism to [...]