New Developments in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism is a complex, heterogeneous disorder characterized by three core symptoms domains: social deficits, language delay, and repetitive behaviors. Dr. Eric Hollander of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the underlying neurobiology and brain circuitry of the repetitive behavior and social deficits domains. He also discusses new treatment developments for repetitive behaviors, social deficits, neurocognition and disruptive behaviors. Series: M.I.N.D. Institute Lecture Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders [1/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 17657]

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• eric hollander
• autism
• neurobiology
• brain
• repetitive

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I also wish people would see people with autistic spectrum disorders as mostly adults, because we are. Assuming it's a lifelong condition, it just stands to reason that there are more adults with ASDs than children, but the beginning of this video consisted exclusively of pictures of adorable children. We do grow up you know, and many of us were only diagnosed later in adulthood.

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Disappointed with this guy's misunderstanding of ASDs, but otherwise it's an excellent review of what's going on in the field.

Perhaps the most common autistic spectrum disorder, Asperger's syndrome, shows no symptoms until age 7 or older. So many MD's don't recognize this disorder when it's staring them in the face because there was no verbal delay during childhood, but that's a diagnostic criterion for Asperger's - no verbal delay (DSM-IV-TR). Many MD's are still missing the boat!