New preprint! ▶️ osf.io/pt942 How successfully do observers guess the diagnostic status of people having conversations? Well… it depends on observer neurotype, if the conversations are same- or cross-neurotype, and if you’re judging from photos vs videos. 🧵

My and Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, PhD (CLEAR Lab)'s Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle (DASH-MC) framework has been published in molecularpsychiatry! We aim to reshape how we study and treat #PMDD, #PME, and other forms of hormone sensitivity. 🧵 rdcu.be/dQYfU

New paper out in Lancet Psychiatry - we set out a list of Top 10 Priorities for the field of eating disorders in neurodivergent people (here referring to autistic people and/or people with ADHD) thelancet.com/journals/lanps… 1/5

Our white paper looks at the internal profile of autism, why it’s so often missed & what we want to see done about it. This is a great resource to share to start conversations & raise awareness. Download free - bit.ly/AGNWhitePaper #AutisticGirls #Autism

Am very proud of Wei (William) Ai and Mishel Alexandrovsky from our lab at CAMH Research and University of Toronto Psychology being selected as part of this amazing group of early career researchers advancing neurodevelopmental research!

What supports should we offer parents of babies who might be Autistic? Our international team of Autistic and non-Autistic researchers have been working to understand views on very early autism supports. latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/… #latrobeuni via La Trobe University

"Never-words are conversation stoppers". This is an excellent article, probing the use of language and its impact on patients, families & caregivers.

Great work Lena Dorfschmidt + colleagues, just out @PNASnews | tx dhafer ben khalifa NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Gates Cambridge Cam Neuroscience Human adolescent brain similarity development is different for paralimbic versus neocortical zones pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

New article out today in Autism In Adulthood on Meta-Synthesis of Autistic Adults experiences about Mental Health-related services :) liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/au…

I am saddened to hear about this…

The Distinctions Between Theory, Theoretical Framework, and Conceptual Framework (1/5)

1. Our paper on lithium in drinking water and suicides in Switzerland was just accepted for publication. It is to our knowledge the first pre-registered study on this topic. We found a near perfect null-result.

Anxiety vs theory of mind in children, meta-analysis, free sciencedirect.com/science/articl… "anxiety had a negative relationship with ToM" with "no significant difference between studies of autistic and non-autistic samples" "...anxious children may have difficulties using ToM abilities"

If you're interested in a postdoc in anything related to mental health, addictions, neurodevelopment, or dementia, apply to a postdoctoral (fully funded !) opportunity CAMH ! Our research spans basic science, imaging, trials, health services, public health, and more.

Our new paper Autism In Adulthood found much consensus against normalization & for well-being, societal reform & supportive environments in autism community: findings were robust to closeness to autistics w/ intellectual disabilities & nonspeaking autistics. liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/au…

INSAR Early Career Committee (ECC) is looking for new members! If you are interested in supporting other autism researchers, working with a great team and running some fab initiatives then do consider applying. Happy to chat if people have questions docs.google.com/forms/d/1tqKR6…

Hey everyone, its been a good week for our group. I am very excited to share our newest pre-print with you all. We’ve been working on this one for some time. To our knowledge, it is the largest observational study of catatonia in autism. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning: from Babble to Later Life …icipatoryautismresearch.wordpress.com/2024/09/10/neu…

We need to go back to Jaspers.

Our paper about neurodiversity, models of disability, and intervention preferences is out. Led by Patrick Dwyer, with a stellar team. It is a sequel to our 2013 Dev Psych Neurodiversity paper and I think it has a depth and power that is 11 years stronger: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…