Mental illness rates are rising, but not because of a crisis. They are a predictable result of stress, expanded criteria, and ...

Autism spectrum disorder diagnoses have reportedly been 'on the rise' since the 1990s, and a doctor has revealed why that ...

With autism rates rising dramatically since the ’90s, questions swirl about its causes and characteristics. Contrary to myths ...

Autism spectrum disorder is now diagnosed in about 1 in 31 children in the United States, based on a regional study the ...

Charities said it was unacceptable that the equivalent of the population of Luton or Portsmouth was now experiencing a ...

As access to accurate screening improves, more cases emerge accordingly ... the MMR shot did not increase the odds of a child being diagnosed with autism. One reason for the persistence of ...

We already know a lot about the disorder and why its prevalence has increased.

For that reason, Fombonne said it ... calling it “an alarming escalation in case severity” and stating that it demonstrates the increase in autism “cannot be solely attributed to the ...