Family-based treatment, or FBT, is the first recommended course of treatment for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa. FBT involves the family in the treatment process, which improves ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition highlights the potential benefits of eating fish during pregnancy. Researchers found that maternal fish consumption was ...

Although the course will focus on children and young people, the information may also be relevant to those working autistic adults as the developmental characteristics that cause the eating patterns ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The parents of an autistic child found alone in a parking lot in Trumann, Arkansas have been arrested after the child tested positive for fentanyl exposure. On October 24 ...

Standardized autism screening during pediatric well visits identified more, younger children with high likelihood for autism diagnosis Date: November 14, 2024 Source: Drexel University Summary ...

The research team envisions that policies and guidelines align to support the use of routine, standardized autism screening for all children at toddler well visits. "Although the American Academy ...

New research from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute found that the use of standardized autism screening during pediatric well-child visits identifies more children with high autism ...

As many as 35% of autistic children may be non-verbal or minimally verbal. While this number is just an estimate, a very large percentage of autistic people have difficulty with verbal communication ...

The couple was arrested following the discovery of their autistic child wandering alone in a Trumann parking lot, who was later found to be exposed to fentanyl. According to WREG, the child was ...

Parents often worry that their child is a poor eater, so health professionals need to know what's normal and when intervention is warranted.