Autism More Common Than Assumed

Psychiatric News Alert | May 23, 2011

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The prevalence of autism and autism spectrum disorders, based on research relying on evaluation of medical records, has long been assumed to be about 1 in 110. But a new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry evaluating children for autism where they live, instead of just through their medical records, reveals a surprisingly higher prevalence. For more information, see http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/10/7..