New Genetic Evidence Suggests a Continuum Among Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
A paper published this month in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Neurology suggests that a broad spectrum of developmental and psychiatric disorders, ranging from autism and intellectual disability to schizophrenia, should be conceptualized as different manifestations of a common underlying denominator, 'developmental brain dysfunction,' rather than completely independent conditions with distinct causes.